Harvey Weinstein prosecutors call for higher bail, saying he could try to flee the country

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The disgraced Hollywood mogul appeared in court for a hearing on his bail conditions today.

Harvey Weinstein arriving in court in New York today. Image: Mark Lennihan Harvey Weinstein arriving in court in New York today. Image: Mark Lennihan NEW YORK PROSECUTORS have called for Harvey Weinstein’s bail to be increased to $5 million today, arguing that he had violated the conditions of his release and could try to flee the country.

As well as the $1 million bail already set, the 67-year-old, who faces charges of rape and forcibly performing oral sex on a woman, has had his passport confiscated and wears an electronic tracking bracelet. But prosecutor Joan Illuzzi-Orbon said that on numerous occasions, the producer of films such as Pulp Fiction and Shakespeare in Love had been untraceable – in violation of the terms of his release.

As he always travels outside New York by private jet and has access to “almost unlimited resources,” Illuzzi-Orbon argued that “this man could fly out in a private jet and go to another country, like that”.Donna Rotunno, one of Weinstein’s lawyers, blamed the gaps in transmission on a lack of cell phone towers in rural Bedford, where her client lives.

 

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