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A lawyer accepts the change of lawyer asked by former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, accused of badual badault in New York, but imposes restrictions, one of them recently representing one of the accusers. 19659002] Judge James Burke validated the departure of Ben Brafman, who had until then defended Weinstein and accepted his replacement by other prominent lawyers, Jose Baez and Ronald Sullivan.
In any event, he warned that he would impose restrictions in order to avoid conflicts of interest due to the fact that one of the lawyers defended the actress Rose McGowan, one of 10 women who accused Weinstein of badual badault in October 2017 in a separate case concerning cocaine possession.
Burke recalled that the actress accused Harvey of hiding cocaine in his bag and that the former producer had mentioned these accusations in emails.
The magistrate stated that if the actress was called to testify dependent
The former 66-year-old producer replied "Yes, sir," when the judge asked him to do so. he wanted to keep the lawyers. The lawyers themselves confirmed that they were aware of these restrictions.
"This case is a proof of the presumption of innocence," Baez said while going out of court. "He should be entitled to the same presumption as everyone else."
An important question in the trial preparation is who women will be allowed to testify against Weinstein
More than 80 women have publicly accused him of badault and harbadment.
In New York, she is charged with two badual badaults – forced oral bad and rape – that she allegedly perpetrated against two women in 2006 and 2013.
The trial is scheduled to begin in May. The next hearing is scheduled for March 7th.
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