Harvey Weinstein prosecutors challenge his bid to move trial out of NYC
Harvey Weinstein's motion to move his upcoming sex-crimes trial out of New York City due to pretrial publicity should be tossed, prosecutors said Friday, mocking the accused movie mogul for allegedly contributing to the overwhelming media coverage he laments.
Last week, Weinstein went to a New York appellate court seeking to move his trial, due to start Sept. 9, to either Long Island or Albany on the grounds that intense pretrial coverage of the case makes it impossible to pick an impartial jury and get a fair trial.
Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Harriett Galvin filed her office's response Friday, arguing that Weinstein's motion is aimed at delaying the start of the trial and should be dismissed.
"This motion, lacking in any solid factual or legal basis, should be viewed as a transparent attempt to delay the proceedings," Galvin wrote.
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