Harvey Weinstein to be retried on sex crime charges in November

Harvey Weinstein is tentatively set to be retried on sex crimes charges in New York on Nov. 12, a judge said Friday.

Weinstein appeared briefly in Manhattan criminal court on Friday where the parties addressed evidentiary matters.

The judge said he was open to an earlier trial date depending on how quickly prosecutors move through the grand jury.

Prosecutors accused the disgraced movie mogul last week of raping more women than those included in his previous prosecution.

The prosecutors told Judge Curtis Farber they are still evaluating allegations by women who came forward after Weinstein's conviction was overturned on appeal in April, but plan to present the allegations of at least one alleged victim to a grand jury.

Weinstein has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct, and his attorneys have expressed skepticism about any new accusers.

Weinstein's conviction was thrown out in April after the New York Court of Appeals found the trial judge "erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes." The court said that testimony "served no material non-propensity purpose" and "portrayed defendant in a highly prejudicial light."

The Manhattan district attorney's office said at the time it would retry Weinstein if the alleged victims were willing to come forward again.

"We believe the defendant forcibly raped and sexually abused women in Manhattan that fall within the statute of limitations," Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said last week, declining to give a timeline for new charges. "There were women in 2020 who were not ready to proceed with the legal process. They are now ready."