« The people are grasping to try to save something that is unsalvageable, » Weinstein attorney Alan Jackson said. « They did it, they blew it, they can’t fix it. »
A Los Angeles judge rejected one of 11 sexual assault counts against Harvey Weinstein for a second time on Thursday, dropping it from the indictment. Judge Lisa B. Lench first dismissed the count of sexual battery by restraint two weeks ago, as she deemed it to be too old and outside the statute of limitations. Lench did allow the district attorney’s office to amend the allegation. Lench rejected the count again on Thursday, as she found neither of two attempts at an amended complaint from prosecutors solved the issue. She said that if prosecutors reconvene the grand jury and get it to return a new indictment for the charge, she may accept it, but offered no specific instructions. « I can’t tell you what to do, » Lench said.
