Sex Crimes

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

Comedian Bill Cosby filed an appeal Thursday of a court decision last month that upheld his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home. The latest appeal — filed with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which does not have to take the case — focuses on four key trial issues, including the judge’s […] More

January 9, 2020

Court has recessed for the day to allow one of the attorneys to tend to a medical issue. But before the recess, the judge swore in the panel of about 130 jurors and then dismissed them for the day. The same group will return tomorrow for preliminary questioning. Judge Burke also denied the defense motion […] More

January 9, 2020

After many delays, movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is ready to face a jury of his peers in his sexual assault trial, but how did we get here? Harvey Weinstein Trial: How We Got Here Court TV anchors Vinnie Politan and Seema Iyer will look back at all that has occurred – allegedly or not – […] More

January 9, 2020

It was a rocky start for Harvey Weinstein inside the New York Courthouse where Judge James Burke appeared furious after learning Weinstein allegedly violated his orders by using a cell phone in the courtroom. More

January 7, 2020

Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced today that film producer Harvey Weinstein has been charged with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013.   Defendant Weinstein (dob 3/19/52) was charged in case BA483663 with one felony count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, […] More

January 6, 2020

BY COURT TV STAFF Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein will soon face his toughest audience yet as jury selection begins in his long-awaited sex crimes trial. More than 100 people have been summoned to appear in New York Supreme Court on Tuesday to start the process of choosing the 12 jurors plus alternates who will […] More

January 6, 2020

BY SEEMA IYER | COURT TV Harvey Weinstein, a Hollywood tycoon whose alleged sexual behavior has sparked a powerful conversation world-wide began his plummet from power in early 2015.   And it’s all thanks to a few strong women who had the courage to speak out. Here’s a timeline of how the scandal unfolded: March […] More

December 30, 2019

Los Angeles and Beverly Hills police each brought four investigations to prosecutors, accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. More

December 27, 2019

BY PHILIP MARCELO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Scandinavian writer Ari Behn — the ex-husband of Norwegian Princess Martha Louise and among the people who had accused actor Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct — died this week, his manager said. He was 47. Behn died by suicide Wednesday, his manager told the Norwegian news service NTB. Authorities […] More

December 26, 2019

The Michigan attorney general said the investigation into serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar was ongoing despite an earlier statement. More

December 26, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein says he is a pioneer in advancing the careers of women in the film industry. “I feel like the forgotten man,’’ Weinstein said in an interview published Sunday in the New York Post. “I made more movies directed by women and about women than any filmmaker, and I’m talking […] More

December 16, 2019

BY LARRY NEUMEISTER ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Ninety-eight percent of The Weinstein Co.’s creditors are joining a tentative settlement that plaintiffs say includes $25 million for over two dozen actresses and former employees who claim Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed them, a lawyer said Thursday. >>RELATED: Weinstein could face jail, bail hike over monitoring […] More

December 12, 2019

UPDATED 12/11/19 12 pm BY COURT TV STAFF Harvey Weinstein’s bail was increased by Judge Burke on Wednesday over allegations that he violated his bail by removing his ankle monitor. Weinstein’s bail went from $1 million to a choice of paying either a $5 million cash bail, or $50 million security bond partially secured at […] More

December 11, 2019

BY MARYCLAIRE DALE | ASSOCIATED PRESS Bill Cosby lost his bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction Tuesday, as an appeals court upheld the verdict in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. In its ruling, the Superior Court upheld the right of prosecutors to call other accusers to bolster their case — the […] More

December 10, 2019

  The following is the complete statement furnished exclusively to Court TV by Harvey Weinstein Lead Attorney Donna Rotunno: “I was dismayed to see all the press coverage incorrectly stating that Mr Weinstein was trying to garner sympathy at his court appearance last week. Mr. Weinstein was in a serious car accident in August, which […] More

December 9, 2019

By RYAN TARINELLI and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein violated his bail conditions by mishandling his electronic ankle monitor, which left his whereabouts unrecorded for hours at a time, a New York prosecutor argued Friday. Prosecutor Joan Illuzzi spoke at a pretrial hearing for Weinstein, who is free on […] More

December 6, 2019

BY SEEMA IYER | COURT TV A clearer picture has emerged of what we can expect in Harvey Weinstein’s upcoming trial after the presiding judge made decisions on several outstanding defense motions.   Annabella Sciorra will be able to testify. The defense argued they did not receive “fair notice” of the allegations involving Sciorra and […] More

December 5, 2019