A partial shackled Harvey Weinstein spent most of the morning today in a downtown LA courtroom in a pretrial hearing for rape, battery and other sex crimes, but he won’t be facing Rose McGowan or Rico charges any time soon.
The convicted sex offender will, however, be facing West Coast justice on grand jury indictments of four counts of rape, four counts of forcible oral copulation, one count of sexual penetration by use of force, plus one count of sexual battery by restraint and sexual battery in incidents involving five women in L.A. County over a nine-year period.
The much-accused and wheelchair-bound Pulp Fiction EP and his lawyers failed Tuesday in their motion to have the indictments tossed out.
Despite Weinstein attorney Mark Werksman’s assertions that the material submitted to the grand jury this summer by LA County D.A. George Gascón’s office was “weak and insufficient,...
The convicted sex offender will, however, be facing West Coast justice on grand jury indictments of four counts of rape, four counts of forcible oral copulation, one count of sexual penetration by use of force, plus one count of sexual battery by restraint and sexual battery in incidents involving five women in L.A. County over a nine-year period.
The much-accused and wheelchair-bound Pulp Fiction EP and his lawyers failed Tuesday in their motion to have the indictments tossed out.
Despite Weinstein attorney Mark Werksman’s assertions that the material submitted to the grand jury this summer by LA County D.A. George Gascón’s office was “weak and insufficient,...
- 12/7/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A federal judge has dismissed Rose McGowan’s racketeering lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein and his lawyers, after McGowan fired her attorneys and missed a court-ordered briefing deadline.
McGowan was one of the first people to go public with allegations of sexual assault against Weinstein in late 2016 and 2017, triggering an avalanche of similar allegations that sparked the #MeToo movement and landed the former producer in prison.
In October 2019, McGowan filed a Rico lawsuit against Weinstein and attorneys David Boies and Lisa Bloom, arguing that they had orchestrated an elaborate scheme to spy on her and prevent her from coming forward. Judge Otis D. Wright dismissed most of her claims in December 2020, though he allowed her to proceed with two fraud claims and also granted her an opportunity to amend the Rico allegations.
But after McGowan’s attorneys amended the complaint, Wright ruled again on Nov. 9 that the allegations did not rise...
McGowan was one of the first people to go public with allegations of sexual assault against Weinstein in late 2016 and 2017, triggering an avalanche of similar allegations that sparked the #MeToo movement and landed the former producer in prison.
In October 2019, McGowan filed a Rico lawsuit against Weinstein and attorneys David Boies and Lisa Bloom, arguing that they had orchestrated an elaborate scheme to spy on her and prevent her from coming forward. Judge Otis D. Wright dismissed most of her claims in December 2020, though he allowed her to proceed with two fraud claims and also granted her an opportunity to amend the Rico allegations.
But after McGowan’s attorneys amended the complaint, Wright ruled again on Nov. 9 that the allegations did not rise...
- 12/7/2021
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
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