Sex Crimes

In the third week of Harvey Weinstein's New York City rape trial, the prosecution rested as the defendant dozed off. More

February 8, 2020

BY SEEMA IYER | COURT TV | OPINION It was billed as the trial to define the #MeToo movement – and New York v. Harvey Weinstein has been all that… and more. As the Weinstein defense team launches its case-in-chief, my legal eyes see that his already uphill battle has grown significantly steeper. For what […] More

February 6, 2020

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial rested their case on Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony punctuated by harrowing accounts from six women who say the disgraced movie mogul ignored pleas such as “no no no” and excused his behavior […] More

February 6, 2020

Two weeks into the Harvey Weinstein Rape Trial and it is proving to be as dramatic as anticipated. More

February 6, 2020

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial are on schedule to rest their case Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony, including graphic accounts from six among scores of women who’ve accused him of vile behavior. The last of the accusers to […] More

February 6, 2020

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Harvey Weinstein stripped off his clothes, pulled down her dress and groped her breast in a hotel bathroom in 2013, Lauren Marie Young says he also offered a chilling excuse for his lewd behavior: “This is what all actresses do to […] More

February 5, 2020

Prosecutors are dropping charges against Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley after determining that key evidence never existed. More

February 5, 2020

By TOM HAYS and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A key accuser in the New York City rape trial of Harvey Weinstein is due back on the witness stand for a third day of testimony after she broke down in tears Monday, halting an exhaustive cross-examination that focused on the nature […] More

February 4, 2020

A key accuser in Harvey Weinstein's New York City rape trial is set to return to the stand for a potentially grueling cross-examination. More

February 3, 2020

The alleged victim gave a vivid account of interactions with Harvey Weinstein, but court adjourned before his attorneys could confront her. More

February 1, 2020

The woman whose rape allegations led to criminal charges against Harvey Weinstein is set to testify against him. More

January 31, 2020

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After a day of intense testimony at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial, prosecutors are expected to shift gears Thursday with a slate of ancillary witnesses.   Two aspiring actresses testified Wednesday that Weinstein preyed on their vulnerabilities while pushing the notion that sex […] More

January 30, 2020

When the New York Times published an expose on the alleged predatory sexual behavior of Harvey Weinstein, it inspired women around the world to come forward and share their stories of encounters with the powerful movie mogul. (Ep. 24) More

January 30, 2020

Two more accusers are set to testify against Harvey Weinstein as the Hollywood producer stands trial on rape charges in New York City. More

January 29, 2020

By TOM HAYS and MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — The closely watched #Metoo era rape trial of Harvey Weinstein is moving at a faster pace than predicted, with three more of his accusers expected to testify against the disgraced movie mogul before the end of the week. A slate of secondary witnesses are […] More

January 28, 2020

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At times sobbing, former production assistant Mimi Haleyi told jurors Monday at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial how she tried to fight off the disgraced movie mogul and told him “no, no, no” while he sexually assaulted her. As one of two women […] More

January 27, 2020

By TOM HAYS and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — By her own account, Mimi Haleyi once rebuffed one of Harvey Weinstein’s relentless advances by telling him, “I hear you have a terrible reputation with women.” Haleyi says she didn’t know just how terrible the then-revered Hollywood honcho could be until he sexually assaulted […] More

January 27, 2020

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, TOM HAYS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “Sopranos” actress Annabella Sciorra confronted Harvey Weinstein from the witness stand Thursday, telling a jury in a quivering voice that the burly Hollywood studio boss barged into her apartment in the mid-1990s, overpowered her and raped her as she tried […] More

January 23, 2020

Actress Annabella Sciorra is set to confront Harvey Weinstein as a key prosecution witness in his New York City rape trial. More

January 23, 2020

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein faced a jury Wednesday in a landmark moment for the #MeToo movement, with prosecutors painting him as a sexual predator who used his movie-magnate stature to abuse women. “He was not just a titan in Hollywood. He was a rapist,” […] More

January 22, 2020

Two women who have accused actor Cuba Gooding Jr. of sexual misconduct will be allowed to testify at his trial. More

January 22, 2020

Harvey Weinstein's attorneys want to use his accusers' intimate emails to convince jurors that sexual contact was consensual. More

January 21, 2020

BY MARYCLAIRE DALE | ASSOCIATED PRESS When his trial opens in the coming days, Harvey Weinstein’s defense team is expected to go on the offensive against the women who have accused him of rape and sexual assault, in part by questioning if they acted like victims afterward. New York City prosecutors intend to counter with a strategy that’s […] More

January 20, 2020

UPDATED 1/17/20 BY COURT TV STAFF:  By the end of the day, 7 jurors were selected and sworn in on the jury of the Harvey Weinstein rape trial out of New York City. Court resumes on Friday with the third panel of 20 potential jurors that have already undergone preliminary background questioning by the judge. […] More

January 17, 2020

BY TOM HAYS, JENNIFER PELTZ AND MICHAEL R. SISAK | ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers went to court Thursday with a last-minute demand to halt jury selection and move his rape trial out of New York City, where they say intense media coverage, protesters and even the consideration of supermodel Gigi […] More

January 16, 2020

Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault trial could send him to prison for life. In the end, his fate rests in the hands of a jury. (Episode 21) More

January 16, 2020

Prosecutors in the Virgin Island filed a lawsuit alleging Jeffrey Epstein used two private islands to traffic and abuse girls. More

January 16, 2020

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As if picking a jury for Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial wasn’t complicated enough, some potential jurors have been posting on social media about their involvement in the case, violating court rules that could land them behind bars, the judge said Wednesday as the selection process […] More

January 16, 2020

BY SEEMA IYER | COURT TV LIVE “Is this a witness list or the Oscar nominations?” That was my first thought when hearing that several Hollywood A-listers comprise the 90 names being read to potential jurors in the New York trial against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Just a day after seeing actresses Charlize Theron and […] More

January 15, 2020

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Supermodel Gigi Hadid is in the running to be a juror in Harvey Weinstein’s New York City rape trial after telling a judge Monday that she thinks she’d be able to “keep an open mind on the facts.” Hadid, who lives in Manhattan and studied criminal […] More

January 14, 2020