Prosecutors seek to bolster their case against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein with testimony from actor Annabella Sciorra who has accused him of a 1993 rape
Harvey Weinstein's lawyers called the prosecutor's decision to schedule a new arraignment"desperate measures" that"indicate more of a focus on obtaining a conviction at all costs than on seeking justice."
The disgraced movie mogul is due in court for the arraignment the same day an appeals court judge is expected to rule on his lawyers' request to move his trial out of New York City. The Manhattan District Attorney's office sought out the new indictment after a judge ruled that the actor, Annabella Sciorra, couldn't testify at Weinstein's trial because she hadn't appeared before the grand jury that handed up the existing indictment.
The judge, James Burke, has ruled that other accusers who aren't involved in the criminal case can testify as prosecutors look to show a pattern of misconduct. Sciorra told the story to The New Yorker in October 2017, but prosecutors said she didn't come forward to them until after Weinstein's arrest in May 2018.
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