Harvey Weinstein is appealing 2020 rape conviction. New York’s top court to hear arguments

Harvey Weinstein is appealing 2020 rape conviction. New York’s top court to hear arguments

NEW YORK — Nearly four years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sent to prison, New York’s highest court will hear arguments Wednesday in his quest to overturn the landmark #MeToo-era verdict. Weinstein’s lawyers are asking the state’s Court of Appeals in Albany to dismiss the disgraced movie mogul’s 2020 conviction, arguing the … Read more