Harvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty to New Sex Crime Charge in New York

Published on September 19, 2024

Former Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to a new sexual assault charge in a New York court on Wednesday. Weinstein’s defense attorney, Arthur Aidala from law firm Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins, said in a media statement read outside the court that his client “never forced himself on anyone.” Aidala says his law firm has yet to learn who the accuser is or the specifics of the allegation. In a statement, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. said his office had brought a fresh indictment against the now 72-year-old Weinstein for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in a lower Manhattan hotel on one occasion between April 29 to May 6, 2006....

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