Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers want a New York court to throw out sexual assault charges against him.

Lawyers for the former movie titan-turned-#MeToo villain filed notice Friday they will seek dismissal of the case. Among other arguments, they say the grand jury that indicted Weinstein should have been told about emails from one of his three accusers: a woman who said he raped her in 2013.

One message, less than a month after the alleged attack, expresses appreciation for “all you do for me.” Another, days later, says “it would be great to see you again.”

Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to the rape charge and to charges involving two other women in Manhattan. </s> Harvey Weinstein's lawyers want a New York court to throw out sexual assault charges against him. Lawyers for the former movie titan filed notice Friday they'll seek dismissal of the case. Among other arguments, they say the grand jury that indicted Weinstein should have been told about emails from one of his three accusers: a woman who said he raped her in 2013.

One message, less than a month after the alleged attack, expresses appreciation for "all you do for me." Another, days later, says "it would be great to see you again."

Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to the rape charge and to sex charges involving two other women in Manhattan. He is free on $1 million bail.

Last month, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said the 66-year-old Weinstein is charged with "some of the most serious sexual offenses" that exist under state law. Vance said the case is the result of a monthslong ongoing investigation led by his office along with the NYPD. 



 More than 75 women have accused Weinstein, who was one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, of wrongdoing as allegations detailed in Pulitzer Prize-winning stories last October in The New York Times and The New Yorker magazine swelled into the #MeToo movement.

Several actresses and models have accused Weinstein of criminal sexual assaults. They include film actress Rose McGowan, who said Weinstein raped her in 1997 in Utah; Sopranos actress Annabella Sciorra, who said he raped her in her New York apartment in 1992; and the Norwegian actress Natassia Malthe, who said he attacked her in a London hotel room in 2008.

Weinstein, who produced movies including Pulp Fiction and Shakespeare in Love, has denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex, with his attorney challenging the credibility of his accusers.

This article was originally published by CBS News on Aug. 3, 2018 at 12:22 p.m. ET.

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Harvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty to New Sex Crime Charges </s> Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on more sexual assault charges after a third woman came forward with allegations.

Weinstein was indicted on an additional charge of first-degree criminal sexual act following allegations stemming from an alleged “forcible act” in 2006, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

Weinstein also faces two counts of predatory sexual assault, a felony that carries a possible life sentence, the DA’s office said.

He was previously indicted on two counts of rape and first-degree criminal sexual act, for alleged forcible sexual acts against two women in 2004 and 2013, DA Vance said.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said Weinstein has been charged with “some of the most serious sexual offenses that exist” under New York law.

“This indictment is the result of the extraordinary courage exhibited by the survivors who have come forward. Our investigation continues. If you are a survivor of the predatory abuse with which Mr. Weinstein is charged, there is still time to pursue justice,” he said in a statement.

He urged any other one else with information about Weinstein to contact his office at 212-335-9373.

Weinstein has long denied any non-consensual sexual contact and pleaded not guilty following his arrest in May. He was freed on $1 million bail.

His lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. </s> A New York grand jury has charged disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein with additional sexual assault charges in a case dating back to 2006, prosecutors announced Monday.

Previously charged with rape and sexual assault against two different women, he faces an additional count of criminal sexual act in the first degree, and two counts of predatory sexual assault against a third woman.

The new charges are punishable by a minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum of life imprisonment, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said. </s> A New York City grand jury indicted disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein on charges of rape and a criminal sexual act of the first degree, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Weinstein, who was arrested and arraigned Friday afternoon, has been accused of numerous sexual assaults and harassment by dozens of women over a decades-long career, but the indictments are the result of specific allegations made by two women—Lucia Evans, who says Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on her in 2004 and another woman, who has not been publicly identified, who says Hollywood powerbroker raped her in a New York City hotel in 2013.

“This indictment brings the defendant another step closer to accountability for the crimes of violence with which he is now charged,” Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said in a statement. “Our office will try this case not in the press, but in the courtroom where it belongs. The defendant’s recent assault on the integrity of the survivors and the legal process is predictable. We are confident that when the jury hears the evidence, it will reject these attacks out of hand.”

The indictment was handed down shortly after Weinstein’s attorney announced his client would not appear before the grand jury because they were granted insufficient time to prepare and “denied access to critical information about this case.” Weinstein’s legal team also attempted to paint the pursuit of the serial abuser as a politically hatchet job and “inevitable due to the unfair political pressure being placed on [Manhattan District Attorney] Cy Vance to secure a conviction.”

Weinstein is currently out on $1 million bail and wearing a court-ordered ankle bracelet. </s> Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein was indicted Monday on three additional charges, including the sexual assault of a third woman, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said in a statement.

Weinstein, 66, was charged by a grand jury with one count of criminal sexual act in the first degree for a forcible sexual act against a third woman in 2006, as well as two counts of predatory sexual assault — a felony that carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

He was previously charged with raping a woman in a hotel in 2013 and forcing another to perform oral sex on him after a meeting in his office in 2004. He has also been accused by dozens of women of sexual misconduct — revelations that began with a series of investigative reports in The New York Times and The New Yorker.

Weinstein, the Oscar-winning co-founder of Miramax film studio and The Weinstein Company, was arrested in Manhattan in May. He has denied any allegations of nonconsensual sex, and pleaded not guilty. He was released on $1 million bail as he awaits trail.

The accusations against the once-powerful mogul, a ruthless Hollywood power player who launched and allegedly destroyed careers for decades, touched off a global reckoning over sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. nodded to the accusers in his statement, praising the "extraordinary courage" of those who have come forward.

"Our investigation continues," Vance said. "If you are a survivor of the predatory abuse with which Mr. Weinstein is charged, there is still time to pursue justice." </s> Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on rape and criminal sex act charges in New York City.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announced the indictment Wednesday. He says it brings the former movie mogul "another step closer to accountability."

The indictment came hours after Weinstein's lawyers said he'd decided not to testify before the grand jury. They said there wasn't enough time to prepare because he learned the specific charges and the accusers' identities only after turning himself in Friday.

Weinstein's lawyers also said "political pressure" on the DA made an indictment unavoidable.

They declined to comment further on the indictment.

Weinstein faces rape and criminal sex act charges involving two women in New York. The 66-year-old has consistently denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex. </s> Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces additional counts of sexual assault that could carry a potential life sentence if he is convicted, prosecutors announced Monday.

A Manhattan grand jury voted to charge the once-powerful movie executive with the two counts of predatory assault, which carry a minimum 10-year sentence, and an additional count of criminal sexual act in the first degree, stemming from what prosecutors said was a forcible sexual act against a woman in 2006.

The three new charges add to three other counts Weinstein was charged with in May that stemmed from encounters with women in 2004 and 2013.

"A Manhattan grand jury has now indicted Harvey Weinstein on some of the most serious sexual offenses that exist under New York's penal law," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said in a statement. "This indictment is the result of the extraordinary courage exhibited by the survivors who have come forward." </s> His attorneys are submitting a cache of several dozen emails, which they insist should disqualify at least one rape charge.

According to a new court filing, Harvey Weinstein and his attorneys plan to ask a Manhattan judge to dismiss many of the serious sexual assault charges that have been filed against the movie mogul, reports ABC News. Ben Brafman who is serving as Weinstein’s criminal attorney, is looking at a Friday deadline to file the pre-trial motion in New York, which will seek dismissal of the rape charge from at least one unnamed accuser. According to Weistein and his attorneys, they will be arguing that the first degree rape charge is invalid due to Weistain and the unnamed female having an ongoing relationship after the alleged attack.

In an effort to prove that the relationship was in fact consensual, Weinstein’s lawyers plan to submit a cache of several dozen emails to the Manhattan judge; these emails are claimed to contain conversations between Weinstein and the accuser.

When asked by reporters to comment, ABC News states that District Attorney Vance declined to speak on the matter.

Records indicate that defense attorneys intend on urging the Manhattan criminal court judge to dismiss the top charge against Weinstein under the basis of ill followed court rules. They will argue that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. did not follow rules which stated prosecutors are required to bring potentially exculpatory information to the grand jury before an indictment is voted on, and are claiming this was not done with the alleged emails, which they now wish to submit.

Attorneys say that these emails between Weinstein and the unnamed woman were sent and received via Weinstein’s official company email account. After Weinstein was fired, his attorneys allegedly discovered these emails. They were unable to use them at the time due to a bankruptcy judge overseeing the dissolution of The Weinstein Company, who issued a protective order. The protective order banned Weinstein’s attorneys from disseminating the emails.

Weinstein, who currently faces sexual assault charges from three different women, was indicted in May and July by a Manhattan grand jury. The charges Weinstein is facing include one count of first degree rape and one count of third degree rape. Both of these rape charges are connected to one claimed encounter which allegedly occurred on March 18, 2013, at a hotel on the East Side of Manhattan. The additional sexual assault charges that Weinstein faces were not addressed in the recent court filing.
Attorneys for Harvey Weinstein seek to throw out sexual assault charges against him.