New York (AP) – Harvey venstein In his New York City Sex Crime case, punishment and a potential retric are still faced, but it is still not clear when they will be – and will the former film Mogul end in front of another jury.
Manhattan Judge Curtis Farber said on Wednesday that he can punish Veenstein on 30 September, but only if there is no reconsideration on the charge of rape Failed to decideIf someone is retric, the judge wants it to fall.
The prosecutors and the lawyers of the Venstein vow on Wednesday that they were still ready to square in another test – this would be their third in New York and the fourth in total.
But Venstein’s lawyer is not deciding the possibility of reaching a deal to resolve the case, although he also insists that he is not ready to be guilty of raping Mann, and they are pressurizing the prosecutors only to give up the charge.
73 -year -old Venstein was Convicted in June Forcing oral sex on TV and film production assistants and producers Mirium heli in 2006. The allegation sentenced to 25 years of prison.
At the same time, the jury acquitted her to force her oral sex on another woman on one -time model Kaza Socola, but could not make an allegation that she raped a hairstylist and actor Jessica Mann in 2013.
Manhattan prosecutors on Wednesday reiterated that they and Maan are ready for another test on rape charges. In this case, any sentence is punishable in jail for four years – has already served less than Veenstein, and is less than that Possible 25 years He faces his belief related to Haley.
The prosecutors requested the date of the January 1 test, but Farber proposed a decline.
“The case needs to try this year,” Farber said.
Venstein’s lawyer Arthur Edala agreed, urged the judge to set a possible date as soon as possible.
If a decline is tested, it will probably return Venstein’s high-profile #MeToo case to court as the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Brag is in the final stages of his reunion bid.
Brag, an first-acting Democrat, who preferred cases of sexual offenses, expressed satisfaction on the allegation of a criminal sexual act with priority punishment. Brag has said that Maan is entitled to a decision on its part of the case.
“This work is about the first and foremost, the remaining people, and that’s why we are ready to move forward,” Brag said in June.
Edala told reporters outside the court that, in his view, it is to resolve the rape charge on the prosecutors – either to leave it and clear the path of punishment, or immediately take it to test it again.
Wenstein was sitting in court in a wheelchair wearing a blue suit and black glasses. “Pulp Fiction” and “Shakespeare in Love” manufacturer is committed to fighting rape charges in another test, although the lawyer said: “I am doing enough to say that never to say that never to say.”
In Venstein’s first test in 2020, the gamblers convicted him for raping Mann and forcing oral sex Hallie,
Then an appeal court Flight those beliefs And due to legal issues related to the testimony of other women, the case was sent back.
This spring, a new jury Bushed him again Helpy harassed with Haley and acquitted her from doing so with another woman who was not part of the first test. But in the middle Frightening discussion, Majority-women jury Got stuck on the charge related to Maan.
Maan testified that she also had a consent, on-off-off relationship with the then married Venstein, but she told her that “I don’t want to do so” because she turned her into a hotel room. She said she remained with advances and demands until she “just gave up.”
Wenstein is also guilty of sexual offenses in CaliforniaHe is appealing for that decision. He denies all the allegations against him.
Associated press usually does not name those who allege that they have been sexually harassed until they allow identity. Haley and Mann have done so.
Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press