[BigBrother_Survivor] Harvey Weinstein Won’t Testify To Grand Jury; Claims “Denied Access” To Case Info

 

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Harvey Weinstein Won't Testify To Grand Jury; Claims "Denied Access" To Case Info

by Dominic Patten

May 30, 2018 8:29am

In the first major legal move since his arrest on multiple rape charges last week, Harvey Weinstein has decided today not to testify in front of a Grand Jury convened by the Manhattan District Attorney.

"After being unfairly denied access to critical information about this case that was needed to defend him before the Grand Jury, Mr. Weinstein's attorneys decided that there was not sufficient time to properly prepare Mr. Weinstein," said the disgraced producer's lead criminal lawyer Benjamin Brafman on Wednesday morning just hours before Weinstein was scheduled to appear before the panel. "The identities of the accusers and the specific charges were provided to Mr. Weinstein last Friday on the eve of the Memorial Day Weekend and a deadline for his appearance set for Wednesday, 2pm. Our request for a postponement of his appearance before the Grand Jury was denied," the NYC-based lawyer added and noted he will be informing the office of D.A. Cyrus Vance Jr. of the decision forthwith.

Weinstein has been charged with two counts of rape — one involving force — as well as criminal sexual act in the first degree, for alleged assaults against two women that occurred in 2013 and 2004.

Following months of investigation by the NYPD, the D.A. and that Grand Jury, Weinstein surrender to the cops on May 25 amidst a media frenzy. After being booked at precinct in lower Manhattan, he was arraigned on felony sex crime charges in New York Criminal Court. Setting a July 30 date for the next hearing, a judge set a prearranged bail of $1 million, a $10 million bond, took Weinstein's passport and put a monitor on him to ensure his movements were restricted to New York and Connecticut. The Oscar winning producer plead not guilty and Brafman said on the court steps that day that he intends to appeal to get the case tossed out ASAP.

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