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Judge rules Harvey Weinstein sexual-assault case can move forward to trial
Maria Puente, USA TODAY Published 9:41 a.m. ET Dec. 20, 2018 | Updated 10:23 a.m. ET Dec. 20, 2018
A New York judge has ruled that the sexual assault case against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein can move forward.
After a brief conversation with lawyers on both sides, Judge James Burke declined to dismiss any of the remaining charges against Weinstein.
Defense attorney Benjamin Brafman had filed multiple motions to get the case tossed, alleging that feuding Manhattan prosecutors and police detectives tainted the grand jury proceeding by failing to disclose exculpatory information to the defense and hiding evidence that contradicted what the three accusers said Weinstein did to them.
As he left the courthouse, Brafman called the judge's decision a “technical ruling on the law" and told reporters that he remains confident that Weinstein will be "completely exonerated." (Weinstein has consistently denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.)
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/12/20/harvey-weinstein-court-new-york-sex-crimes-charges-judge/2294182002/