Harvey Weinstein’s defense team expressed their disappointment as prosecutors claim they won’t be ready for a retrial until November.
It’s been over a month since additional women came forward with allegations of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein, and prosecutors are now claiming these women are ready to testify this November — but Weinstein’s defense team is not satisfied with the timeline.
Weinstein, who appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday, remained silent as Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg told Judge Curtis Faber: « We made a determination of what falls [into] the statute of limitations, and we believe the defendant sexually abused those women, which falls into the statute of limitations. »
« Some of those women were not ready to proceed, but are now ready to proceed », she continued. « That will not stop us from proceeding to trial this fall. We will skip to that timeline, if and when we go back to the grand jury. We still expect and intend to try this case this fall. We believe November. »
Weinstein’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, expressed his disappointment in the prosecutor’s « delay. »
« I don’t know how anyone can say this won’t delay things if there is a new indictment », he said.
« We need time », Aidala added.
