Harvey Weinstein NYC Sex Crimes Cases To Be Tried At One Trial

NEW YORK CITY — Harvey Weinstein's two Manhattan sex crimes cases will be consolidated and tried at the same trial, a judge rule Wednesday.

Supreme Court Judge Curtis Farber granted a request from the Manhattan's district attorney's office to consolidate both cases and said he would decide on a new trial date by Jan. 29, 2025, according to multiple media reports.

A trial had been initially scheduled to begin on Nov. 12, but that changed when Weinstein was charged with additional crimes.

Weinstein’s lawyers have been opposed to consolidating the cases and thought they should remain separate.

Weinstein, who has been in custody at Riker's Island, has been diagnosed with bone marrow cancer, according to NBC News.

New Allegations

Weinstein pleaded not guilty to one count of a criminal sex act in the 1st degree in connection to an incident at a Lower Manhattan hotel, Patch previously reported.

He is accused of "sexually assaulting a woman in a Lower Manhattan hotel on one occasion between April 29, 2006, and May 6, 2006," according to the district attorney's office.

These charges come as Weinstein was awaiting a retrial in a 2020 case that was overturned in April. In a 4-3 decision, the state Court of Appeals determined that the trial judge improperly allowed testimony concerning allegations unrelated to the case.

Weinstein has consistently denied any wrongdoing, maintaining that all encounters were consensual. In 2022, he was convicted in a separate rape case in Los Angeles.

The allegations against Weinstein, which first surfaced in 2017 following bombshell reports in the New York Times and the New Yorker, are widely seen as a turning point in the #MeToo movement.