Harvey Winstein appealed to the huge appearance with the judge in the upcoming criminal retrial to pay the date of starting forward, even for a week, because “I do not know how much time I can stick to” while the dusty falling in New York city remains a notorious Recurs Island prison.
Judge Curtis Farber set on Wednesday morning, April 15, as a date for trial after his rejection from Winstein to the indictment against him. With the timeline group, he addressed Winstein Cancer, who sits on a wheelchair directly, the judge.
“I ask you, and I beg you, his voice rises as he appeals to his trial on April 7,” Winstein said. Every week is important. I stick to because I want justice for myself. I want this to end. ”
He said that “every day is a struggle” in Rikeers, which he referred to as “helhole” and “a stigma in this city.” He described his surroundings as the “Middle Ages” and said he expected to be returned to the Bulfio Hospital in Manhattan “on any day” because his health is very bad.
Farper said he would look at a trial date on April 7 if all lawyers agree.
“Judge Farber showed an exceptional response, and we are very able to look at the state of Harvey,” Winstein's lawyers said in a statement. “We are still confident in a quick and effective experimental process, and we believe a firm belief that Harvey will be completely acquitted.
Winstein was one of the most influential and influential studio heads of Hollywood until the era of the #Metoo movement entered its fall. Many women moved forward to say that former Miramax president used his strength and position to force them to sexual confrontations. Many of these allegations have become the basis for the criminal accusation regulations against Winstein in New York and Los Angeles.
He was first arrested in New York in May 2018, in a wonderful scene of a strong media executive who is driving on handcuffs.
The New York Court of Appeal canceled the condemnation of criminal crimes in 2020 by voting from 4-3 in April, and issued that the original trial judge, James Burke, should have had a certificate from women who were appointed to sexual assault against winning an Academy Award. Shakespeare in love and Fictional pulp The product was not part of the 2018 original indictment.
The Court of Appeal ordered the re -trial, and the Public Prosecutor's Office in Manhattan added, “One of the first -class citizenship and rape in the third degree that included two other witnesses complaining about the attacks that took place in July 2006 and March 2013, respectively,” respectively, ” Prosecutors in this month's memo contradict the latest requests for Winstein to reject the revised accusation.
Veneztein is still behind bars while waiting for the new trial. The condemnation of felony crimes in Los Angeles still stands, and its authenticity since the revelation in October is that cancer is still an open issue.
Dominic Patten contributed to this report.
