Weinstein has had some victories lately in his cases in New York from his legal team. He is scheduled to appear in court today in Erie Country, New York, where he will find out whether he is being extradited to Los Angeles. The extradition is based on a grand jury that has reportedly issued a \u201csecret indictment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHarvey Weinstein is due to appear virtually before an Erie County Court Judge on Monday at 2 p.m. for an extradition proceeding, the Erie County District Attorney\u2019s Office announced,\u201d according to local media in Erie County. \u201cHe appeared virtually last year in August for an extradition proceeding, however, the proceeding ended up being postponed until December.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn December 2020, his lawyers and prosecutors agreed to postpone the efforts to send him to California again,\u201d the outlet added.<\/p>\n

The famous media mogul, Harvey Weinstein, is currently serving 23 years in prison on rape and sexual assault charges in New York. He has recently appealed these convictions earlier this month, but now a grand jury has \u201csecretly indicted\u201d Weinstein and is expected to facilitate Weinstein\u2019s extradition to Los Angeles, California to face more similar charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe indictment is virtually identical to the criminal complaint, which had been filed in January 2020 by former DA Jackie Lacey,\u201d the outlet reported Sunday. \u201cThe disgraced movie mogul, who is already serving a 23-year sentence in New York for rape and sexual assault, faces 11 counts in California, including rape and sexual battery involving five incidents that allegedly took place between 2004 and 2013. If convicted, he faces up to 140 years behind bars.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLA prosecutors allege that Weinstein raped an Italian model at another Beverly Hills hotel on Feb. 18, 2013, just a day before the attack against Young. The alleged assaults of the other three women all took place at Beverly Hills hotels,\u201d Fox continued.<\/p>\n

According to experts who spoke with Fox, the \u201csecret indictment\u201d will \u201cstreamline the proceedings\u201d by allowing prosecutors \u201cto go straight to trial, rather than doing it under a criminal complaint that would then require a preliminary hearing.\u201d Prosecutors are expected to present Weinstein with the new indictment along with an arrest warrant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis process will eliminate the need for a preliminary hearing which is kind of a minitrial like we saw in the OJ case: there was the trial before the trial,\u201d one defense attorney told Fox, noting that the \u201csecret indictment\u201d process is used only in a handful of cases. \u201cWith this move and under the law that allows the borrowed custody, the California state can get custody of the New York\u2019s inmate and must commence trial within 120 days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harvey Weinstein appealed his conviction for rape and sexual assault early last week, on the theory that the judge made \u201cseveral errors\u201d that ultimately denied Weinstein a fair trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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