New York lawmakers may soon change the legal standard that allowed Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction to be overturned, with momentum building behind a bill to strengthen sexual assault prosecutions after the disgraced movie mogul's case was tossed.
Harvey Weinstein permanecerá encarcelado en Nueva York mientras el tribunal delibera si debe permanecer en una cárcel de la ciudad en espera de un nuevo juicio, o si será enviado a California para cumplir su sentencia de prisión por violación en ese estado.
The hearing in Queens criminal court on Thursday morning, days after Weinstein left a city hospital, was related to California's request, according to prosecutors and defense attorneys.
Harvey Weinstein appeared in a Queens courtroom Thursday morning as prosecutors fought an extradition request to send him back to California following the stunning overturning of his New York rape and sex assault conviction.
While the New York courts decide whether convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein should return to California while he awaits a retrial for his overturned 2020 conviction, the former movie mogul will remain jailed in the Empire State,
Until a state court determines whether to extradite Harvey Weinstein to California to begin serving prison time for a rape conviction there, he will remain locked up in New York to await a retrial on similar charges,