CA - Harvey Weinstein trial on Sexual Harassment #metoo *Guilty in CA, NY Appeal*

[Shiressleuth]

Hey that was quick TY.

Harvey Weinstein indicted on rape charges by New York grand jury

He has now been indicted by a Grand Jury on rape and sexual assault charges.

Could a mod please update the thread title? (To maybe "ARREST/INDICTED ?)

 

[JerseyGirl]

Harvey Weinstein’s attorney cleared for trial after conflict-of-interest allegations

https://pagesix.com/2018/06/05/harv...trial-after-conflict-of-interest-allegations/

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Harvey Weinstein charged with sexual assault of a third woman

The new charges come in addition to those in the previous indictment of Weinstein, the Oscar-winning ex-mogul who faces a wave of allegations of sexual misconduct.

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...

 

[JerseyGirl]

Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new sexual assault charges

https://pagesix.com/2018/07/09/harvey-weinstein-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-sexual-assault-charges/

Weinstein — who has previously denied all allegations of non-consensual sex — is free on $1 million bail.

The Judge declined to change the conditions of Weinstein’s release and set the next court date in September.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Harvey Weinstein asks court to dismiss Ashley Judd lawsuit, says they had a 'bargain'

 

[Shiressleuth]

Harvey Weinstein asks court to dismiss Ashley Judd lawsuit, says they had a 'bargain'

This is interesting. She made that "bargain" under duress to escape him. It is not therefore a legal binding agreement IMO. You cannot make a binding contract with illegal proposals in it AFAIK.

Even marriage contracts are dissolvable by unreasonable behaviour.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

O/T: Related

Nuns denounce their abuse by priests

 

[EuTuCroquet?]

Is Harvey Weinstein a Sex-Trafficker? Judge Says It’s O.K. to Ask.

In a novel decision that could pave the way for other lawsuits, a judge on Tuesday ruled that Harvey Weinstein can be sued for violating a federal sex-trafficking statute by a young actress who claims he coerced her to engage in sex acts with him in exchange for a false promise of a movie role.

The judge said the classic casting-couch inducement to have sex with the producer could fall under the sex-trafficking law, which makes it a crime to entice and force a person to commit a “commercial sex act” in return for something of value.

Kadian Noble, a British actress, accused Mr. Weinstein in a November lawsuit of sexually assaulting her after he lured her to his hotel room in Cannes, France, in 2014. Mr. Weinstein had promised the actress that they would review her movie reel, but he molested her and forced her to watch him masturbate in the bathroom, she said. Her lawyers argued the incident was legally the same as forced prostitution.​

 

[EuTuCroquet?]

Judge allows sex-trafficking suit against Weinstein, citing history of the casting couch

A New York judge has ruled that an aspiring actress can sue Harvey Weinstein for violating sex-trafficking laws because the proverbial casting couch, in which women are asked to trade sex for Hollywood opportunities, could be considered a “commercial sex act.”

U.S. District Judge Robert W. Sweet said the lawsuit filed by Kadian Noble last fall was fairly brought under sex-trafficking laws Congress passed that had an “expansive” definition of what could be considered a commercial sex act. His ruling, dated Monday, was filed publicly Tuesday.​

 

[Legally Bland]

I haven't followed this closely, but I think this is a new one. Cannes again.

German actor Emma Loman has filed a lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, alleging the disgraced movie mogul raped her in 2006 at the Cannes film festival.

In a complaint filed on Monday in Los Angeles, Loman said that she met Weinstein in 2004 at the Venice film festival and he later invited her to Cannes as his guest to discuss her career.

Loman said she was initially hesitant to accept the invitation but Weinstein was persistent, with his assistant calling her up to 30 times a day.

Harvey Weinstein sued by actor Emma Loman over alleged rape at Cannes

 

[PaulR]

Related:

Asia Argento, a MeToo Leader, Made a Deal With Her Own Accuser

 

[jjenny]

This is interesting. She made that "bargain" under duress to escape him. It is not therefore a legal binding agreement IMO. You cannot make a binding contract with illegal proposals in it AFAIK.

Even marriage contracts are dissolvable by unreasonable behaviour.

I am sure any such bargain wasn't enforceable. His argument is, he was trying to promote her career, not destroy it, because he expected her to fulfill the bargain after she got the award.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Aspiring British actress Kadian Noble sued Weinstein last year, saying he violated federal laws against sex trafficking when he lured her to his Le Majestic Hotel room in Cannes, France, in 2014 with claims that he had a role for her in mind.

Instead, he coerced her into sex in the bathroom, telling her “everything will be taken care of for you if you relax,” Noble’s lawsuit claims.

Last week, Manhattan federal Judge Robert Sweet ruled that the lawsuit could proceed over Weinstein’s objections that he could not have committed sex trafficking because nothing of value was exchanged.


https://pagesix.com/2018/08/27/weinstein-tries-to-block-sex-trafficking-lawsuit-before-trial/

 

[JerseyGirl]

NBC News says Ronan Farrow's draft story on Harvey Weinstein for the network contained misstatements

 

[Inthedetails]

Prosecutors dismiss one count in criminal case against Harvey Weinstein

https://pagesix.com/2018/10/11/pros...6.2114049634.1538277086-1853614130.1534218102

"The tossed charge — count six — involves allegations made by one of the three accusers in the case, Lucia Evans, who was among the first women to publicly accuse the disgraced movie mogul of sexual assault.

In an expose published in The New Yorker a year ago Wednesday, Evans accused him of forcing her to perform oral sex when they met alone in his Tribeca office in 2004 to discuss her fledgling acting career."

 

[jjenny]

Here is why the charge was dropped.
LE allegedly "told the friend she willingly performed oral sex on Weinstein in exchange for the promise of an acting job—information the detective did not pass along to prosecutors."
“When You’re the D.A., You’d Better Be Dotting Your I’s and Crossing Your T’s”: Is the Harvey Weinstein Criminal Case in Trouble?

 

[JerseyGirl]

Ashley Judd’s Defamation Suit Against Harvey Weinstein Sets 2020 Trial Start

 

[iulia]

Harvey Weinstein prosecution suffers second significant blow in a week

The Manhattan District Attorney’s office this afternoon issued a pre-emptive notice to Harvey Weinstein’s defense team, alerting them to yet another potentially serious problem connected with the investigation that led to criminal charges against the disgraced movie mogul.

The assistant district attorney handling the case told Weinstein’s team that one of the alleged victims was told by a lead detective in the case to delete from her phones any information she didn’t want prosecutors to see when she turned the devices over to them.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Harvey Weinstein accused of sexually assaulting 16-year-old virgin

 

[CrisDeBurg]

Elizabeth Taylor's granddaughter Naomi looks like the exact 'reincarnation' of her iconic granny I am afraid Weinstein could start doing IT with all pretty girls