Harvey Weinstein, facing charges of sexual assault, urged the court to move his trial date sooner citing his deteriorating health and the harsh conditions at Rikers Island. Weinstein, who is in a wheelchair and battling leukemia, claims the prison environment is a 'medieval situation' and he fears for his well-being.
However, Weinstein pleaded in court for Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Curtis J. Farber to move the trial date sooner, citing his health conditions and saying, “I won’t be there for April.”
Seated in a wheelchair, Weinstein made a rare address to the court and raised his voice to plead with Farber to switch his trial date with an earlier trial that’s already on the calendar. He called the conditions at Rikers Island where he’s being held a “medieval situation” and said he believes he’s headed back to Bellevue Hospital “any day now.
“There are so many people suffering at Rikers island. So many of the people I am with in prison are going through similar problems. They don’t have the same mouthpiece I have,” Weinstein continued. “It remains a stain on this city.” Weinstein went back and forth with Farber on negotiating the trial date, trying to push it even to April 7. Farber said he already had the other trial ready to go, but would see how that trial progressed.The indictment contained one count of criminal sexual act in the first degree for forcibly performing oral sex on a complaining witness in 2006.
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