Introduction
Harvey Weinstein (USian, born March 19, 1952, Flushing, Queens, New York City) is a former film producer and convicted rapist whose predatory conduct over at least three decades catalysed the global #MeToo movement. More than eighty women have publicly accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, assault, or rape, with allegations spanning from the late 1970s to 2017. [1][2] Harvey Weinstein was convicted in February 2020 in New York State Supreme Court of criminal sexual assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree, receiving a 23-year sentence. [3] Harvey Weinstein was convicted again in December 2022 in Los Angeles County Superior Court of rape and sexual assault, receiving a 16-year sentence. [4] The 2020 New York conviction was overturned on procedural grounds in April 2024, and the retrial in June 2025 produced a mixed verdict: convicted on one count of criminal sexual act against Miriam Haley, acquitted on a charge involving Kaja Sokola, and a mistrial declared on a rape charge involving Jessica Mann. [5][6]
Harvey Weinstein’s third New York trial on the remaining Jessica Mann rape charge began on April 14, 2026 in Manhattan Supreme Court before Justice Curtis Farber, with jury selection generating more than 80 prospective juror requests to be excused on the first morning alone. [7] Opening statements are scheduled for April 21, 2026. [8] Harvey Weinstein is concurrently appealing his California 16-year sentence in the 2nd District Court of Appeal, with a hearing scheduled for April 23, 2026. [9] He is incarcerated at Rikers Island in New York City, in a wheelchair due to ill health, in what he has described to Justice Farber as a “collapsing” mental state. [10][11]
Harvey Weinstein co-founded Miramax Films in 1979 and The Weinstein Company in 2005. Films he produced or distributed won more than eighty Academy Awards, and Harvey Weinstein personally won the Academy Award for Best Picture for Shakespeare in Love in 1998. [12] Harvey Weinstein leveraged that power to isolate women, assault them, and then silence them through settlements, non-disclosure agreements, and an apparatus of private intelligence firms that included the Israeli company Black Cube, the corporate investigations firm Kroll, and the late investigator Jack Palladino. [13]
Harvey Weinstein maintained a documented connection to Jeffrey Epstein (USian, born January 20, 1953, Brooklyn, New York City; died August 10, 2019, Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York City), sharing social circles for years, co-investing in a $44 million 2003 bid to acquire New York magazine, and appearing in Epstein-related court documents unsealed in January 2024 and again in the Department of Justice’s January 30, 2026 release of more than three million pages of Epstein investigation files. [14][15][16] Harvey Weinstein was a prolific donor to the Democratic Party, contributing more than $1.4 million since 1992, with close ties to Bill Clinton (USian, born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946, Hope, Arkansas), Hillary Clinton (USian, born October 26, 1947, Chicago, Illinois), and Barack Obama (USian, born August 4, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii). [17][18]
Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia, a cancer of the bone marrow, and suffers from diabetes, coronary artery disease, sleep apnoea, and spinal stenosis. [19] Harvey Weinstein underwent emergency heart surgery in September 2024. [20] In a January 2026 Hollywood Reporter prison interview from Rikers Island, his first major sit-down since arrest, Harvey Weinstein described his condition with the words “I’m dying here” and stated he expected to be “proven innocent.” [10] He told the same interview, of his accusers: “There were some women who knew exactly what was expected. Maybe they felt bad later or they regretted it. Maybe they saw an opportunity for a payout.” [10]
Harvey Weinstein Family Background
Harvey Weinstein’s father, Max Weinstein (USian, birth date undocumented in the public record; died 1976, US), was a diamond cutter in New York City. [21] Harvey Weinstein’s mother, Miriam Weinstein (USian, née Postel, birth date undocumented in the public record; died 2016, US), worked as a homemaker and later as a receptionist at Miramax. [22] Miriam Weinstein’s parents emigrated to the United States from Poland. [23] The Weinstein family was Jewish, and Harvey Weinstein and his brother grew up in a housing cooperative called Electchester in Queens, in what Harvey Weinstein’s biographers have described as a lower-middle-class household. [24]
Harvey Weinstein’s brother, Bob Weinstein (USian, born 1954, Flushing, Queens, New York City), co-founded Miramax and The Weinstein Company alongside Harvey Weinstein. [25] Bob Weinstein was involved in at least three financial settlements with Harvey Weinstein’s accusers, the first in 1990, and wrote a letter to Harvey Weinstein before the 2017 exposés urging Harvey Weinstein to seek treatment for his behaviour. [26][27] Bob Weinstein ran Dimension Films, the genre arm of Miramax, semi-independently of Harvey Weinstein.
Harvey Weinstein married Eve Chilton (USian, birth date undocumented in the public record), a former Miramax assistant, in 1987. They had three daughters: Remy Weinstein (also known as Lily Weinstein, born 1995), Emma Weinstein (born 1998), and Ruth Weinstein (born 2002). [28] Harvey Weinstein and Eve Chilton divorced in 2004. Eve Chilton subsequently married businessman Sal Martirano. [29]
Harvey Weinstein married Georgina Chapman (British, born April 14, 1976, London) in 2007. Georgina Chapman is the co-founder of the fashion label Marchesa. They have two children: India Pearl Weinstein (born August 30, 2010) and Dashiell Weinstein (born April 11, 2013). [30] Georgina Chapman filed for divorce from Harvey Weinstein in October 2017, days after the sexual abuse allegations became public, and the divorce was finalised in 2021. [31] Georgina Chapman has been in a relationship with actor Adrien Brody (USian, born April 14, 1973, New York City) since approximately 2019. [32]
Harvey Weinstein’s three elder daughters are reportedly estranged from him. Harvey Weinstein’s former defence attorney Donna Rotunno stated publicly that the eldest daughters do not speak to Harvey Weinstein. [33] Harvey Weinstein’s two younger children maintain some contact with him. [34]
Harvey Weinstein Early Life and Career
Harvey Weinstein attended John Bowne High School in Flushing, Queens, and enrolled at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1969. [35] While at university, Harvey Weinstein joined the arts council and began promoting rock concerts. With fellow student Corky Burger he persuaded musician Stephen Stills to perform in Buffalo, launching a concert promotion business called Harvey & Corky Productions. [36] Harvey Weinstein left the university in 1973 (sources conflict on whether he graduated or dropped out during his senior year) and continued promoting concerts through the rest of the 1970s. [37][38]
Using profits from the concert promotion business, Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein founded Miramax Films Corporation in 1979, naming the company after their parents Miriam and Max. [39] Miramax initially distributed independent and foreign-language films. The company gained national attention in 1988 with Errol Morris’s documentary The Thin Blue Line, which helped free a wrongfully convicted death row inmate and generated widespread publicity. [40] In 1989, Miramax released Steven Soderbergh’s Sex, Lies, and Videotape, which propelled the company into the front rank of independent film distributors. [41]
The Walt Disney Company acquired Miramax in 1993 for approximately $60 million, though Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein remained in operational control. [42] Under Harvey Weinstein’s leadership, Miramax produced or distributed a string of critically acclaimed and commercially successful films including The Crying Game (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), The English Patient (1996), Good Will Hunting (1997), Shakespeare in Love (1998), and Chicago (2002). [43] Harvey Weinstein became one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood, known for his ability to engineer Academy Award campaigns.
In 2005, Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein departed Miramax and co-founded The Weinstein Company, which produced or distributed The King’s Speech (2010), The Artist (2011), Django Unchained (2012), and The Imitation Game (2014). [44] Harvey Weinstein also won seven Tony Awards for theatrical productions including The Producers and Billy Elliot the Musical. [45]
Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Predation
The earliest known allegations against Harvey Weinstein date to the late 1970s, when he was a concert promoter in Buffalo. [46] The conduct followed a documented pattern. Harvey Weinstein would invite actresses, models, or employees to private meetings, often in hotel rooms, under the pretext of discussing their careers, and then demand massages or sex. [47] Women who refused reported being threatened with career destruction. Women who complied or were assaulted were frequently offered settlements contingent on signing non-disclosure agreements. [48]
More than eighty women have publicly accused Harvey Weinstein of misconduct ranging from harassment to rape. Among them: Ashley Judd (USian, born April 19, 1968, Granada Hills, California), one of the first to go on the record in the 2017 New York Times investigation, who described an incident at the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel in 1996 or 1997 in which Harvey Weinstein requested a massage and asked her to watch him shower. [49] Rose McGowan (USian-Italian, born September 5, 1973, Certaldo, Italy) received a $100,000 settlement from Harvey Weinstein in 1997 following what Rose McGowan has publicly described as a rape at the Sundance Film Festival. [50] Gwyneth Paltrow (USian, born September 27, 1972, Los Angeles), Angelina Jolie (USian, born June 4, 1975, Los Angeles), Lupita Nyong’o (Kenyan-Mexican, born March 1, 1983, Mexico City), and Uma Thurman (USian, born April 29, 1970, Boston) are among the many women who publicly detailed their experiences. [51]
In November 2017, Asia Argento (Italian, born September 20, 1975, Rome) and other accusers compiled a list of more than one hundred alleged instances of sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein, with incidents spanning from 1980 to 2015, including eighteen allegations of rape. [52]
Harvey Weinstein and Ambra Battilana Gutierrez
Ambra Battilana Gutierrez (Filipino-Italian, born circa 1993, birth city undocumented in the public record) was a 22-year-old model when she reported Harvey Weinstein to the New York Police Department in March 2015. [53] Ambra Battilana Gutierrez told officers that Harvey Weinstein had groped her breasts and put his hand up her skirt during a meeting at his Tribeca offices. The NYPD’s Special Victims Division organised a sting operation the following day. Ambra Battilana Gutierrez wore a recording device and met Harvey Weinstein at the Tribeca Grand Hotel. On the resulting audio, Harvey Weinstein admitted to the groping and repeatedly pressed Ambra Battilana Gutierrez to enter his hotel room, while she refused at least twelve times. [54][55]
Despite the recorded admission, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. (USian, born June 30, 1954, New York City) declined to prosecute, stating the recording was “insufficient to prove a crime.” [56] The NYPD publicly disagreed, calling the recording corroborative evidence. [57] Harvey Weinstein’s attorney David Boies (USian, born March 11, 1941, Marengo, Illinois) made a $10,000 donation to Cyrus Vance Jr.’s re-election campaign after the decision not to prosecute. [58] Lachlan Cartwright, a former editor at the National Enquirer, has alleged that lawyers for American Media Inc. contacted the Manhattan DA’s office and attempted to undermine Ambra Battilana Gutierrez’s credibility. [59] Ambra Battilana Gutierrez subsequently signed a non-disclosure agreement and received a reported $1 million settlement. Before surrendering her copies of the audio recording, Ambra Battilana Gutierrez covertly preserved a copy on a hidden laptop, which later became a critical piece of evidence at the 2020 New York trial. [60]
The 2015 decision not to prosecute Harvey Weinstein allowed him to continue operating with impunity for more than two additional years, during which time he assaulted multiple additional women whose accounts later became part of the criminal record.
Harvey Weinstein and the 2017 Investigations
On October 5, 2017, Jodi Kantor (USian, born April 23, 1975, New York City) and Megan Twohey (USian, born July 9, 1976, Evanston, Illinois), reporters for the New York Times, published an investigation detailing three decades of sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein and at least eight financial settlements with accusers. [61] Five days later, on October 10, 2017, Ronan Farrow (USian, born December 19, 1987, New York City) published a parallel investigation in the New Yorker, which included the first on-the-record rape allegations and the audio recording from the 2015 NYPD sting. [62] Both publications shared the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. [63]
The investigations revealed a system of complicity. Former employees, assistants, and executives at both Miramax and The Weinstein Company facilitated Harvey Weinstein’s access to women, set up meetings, and participated in the suppression of complaints. [64] Irwin Reiter, a Weinstein Company accountant, served as a whistleblower who tried to raise concerns internally before assisting Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. [65] Lawyers including Lisa Bloom (USian, born September 20, 1961, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), daughter of victims’ rights attorney Gloria Allred (USian, born July 3, 1941, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), advised Harvey Weinstein and, in Lisa Bloom’s case, sought to discredit accusers. [66] David Boies, one of the most prominent litigators in the United States, signed contracts with Black Cube on Harvey Weinstein’s behalf. [67]
On October 8, 2017, the Weinstein Company’s board fired Harvey Weinstein. [68] On October 14, 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expelled him. [69] Georgina Chapman announced she was leaving Harvey Weinstein. Harvey Weinstein’s honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), awarded in 2004, was annulled in September 2020. [70]
Harvey Weinstein and Black Cube
In October 2016, as reporters closed in on the sexual abuse allegations, Harvey Weinstein and his lawyers hired Black Cube, an Israeli private intelligence agency founded by former members of Mossad and other Israeli intelligence services. [71] The July 2017 letter of engagement specified two objectives: to prevent the publication of a negative article in a leading New York newspaper, and to obtain the contents of a book containing information harmful to Harvey Weinstein. [72] Black Cube’s contract was signed through David Boies’s firm, Boies Schiller Flexner, which wired an initial $100,000 retainer. [73]
Black Cube deployed operatives who used false identities to infiltrate and surveil Harvey Weinstein’s accusers and the journalists pursuing the story. A Black Cube agent named Stella Penn Pechanac (Bosnian, born circa 1980s, birth city undocumented in the public record) posed as “Diana Filip,” a purported representative of a London wealth management firm called Reuben Capital Partners, and befriended Rose McGowan over several months to secretly record their conversations and extract information about Rose McGowan’s plans to go public. [74][75] The same operative contacted Ronan Farrow directly, though Ronan Farrow did not respond. [76]
Harvey Weinstein also hired investigators Roman Khaykin and Igor Ostrovskiy, who conducted physical surveillance of Ronan Farrow, staking out his Upper West Side apartment building from dawn, tracking his movements and geolocating his phone. [77] Igor Ostrovskiy ultimately turned whistleblower, meeting Ronan Farrow covertly after the initial Weinstein stories were published and revealing the scope of Black Cube’s operations. [78] An internal Black Cube operative using the alias “Sleeper1973” (a reference to the 1973 Woody Allen film) also leaked the terms of Black Cube’s contract with Harvey Weinstein to Ronan Farrow, revealing psychological dossiers compiled on accusers, files on their sexual histories, and photographs intended to be used for blackmail. [79]
Harvey Weinstein additionally hired K2 Intelligence, run by Jules Kroll, to investigate Ambra Battilana Gutierrez’s past and discredit her. Jules Kroll later told Time magazine that K2 worked for Harvey Weinstein for only two weeks before ending the engagement. [80] Harvey Weinstein also hired private investigator Jack Palladino, known for his earlier work undermining women who accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct. [81]
Ronan Farrow detailed these operations in a November 6, 2017 New Yorker article titled “Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies” and in his 2019 book Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators. [82][83]
Harvey Weinstein and NBC News
Ronan Farrow originally developed his reporting on Harvey Weinstein while working as a freelance contributor to NBC News’s investigative unit, alongside producer Rich McHugh. [84] Ronan Farrow and Rich McHugh began the investigation in January 2017 and had, by summer 2017, obtained on-camera interviews with multiple accusers and the 2015 NYPD audio recording. [85]
According to Ronan Farrow and Rich McHugh, NBC News president Noah Oppenheim (USian, born June 28, 1977, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) initially supported the investigation but grew increasingly resistant, raising concerns about Ronan Farrow’s alleged conflict of interest (due to his family’s history with filmmaker Woody Allen, whose films Miramax had distributed) and repeatedly suggesting the story was not ready. [86] In August 2017, Rich Greenberg, head of NBC News’s investigative unit, instructed the pair to make “no further calls” and to “stand down.” [87] NBC News has disputed this characterisation, maintaining that Ronan Farrow had no accusers on the record at the time and that the story did not meet their journalistic standards. [88]
Ronan Farrow alleged in Catch and Kill that Harvey Weinstein pressured NBC News by threatening to reveal sexual misconduct allegations against NBC’s star anchor Matt Lauer (USian, born December 30, 1957, New York City), and that this provided additional motivation for NBC executives to suppress the story. [89] Harvey Weinstein’s assistants reportedly referred to NBC executives Andy Lack, Noah Oppenheim, and Phil Griffin as “the triumvirate” because of how frequently Harvey Weinstein was calling them. [90] NBC News has denied these allegations. [91] Noah Oppenheim stepped down as president of NBC News in January 2023 and entered into a film and television production agreement with NBCUniversal. [92]
Rich McHugh has publicly confirmed Ronan Farrow’s account, writing in Vanity Fair that NBC executives “behaved more like members of Weinstein’s PR team than the journalists they claim to be.” [93]
Harvey Weinstein and the National Enquirer
The National Enquirer, owned by American Media Inc. under chief executive David Pecker (USian, born September 24, 1951, Bronx, New York City), participated in “catch and kill” operations on Harvey Weinstein’s behalf. [94] The Enquirer obtained derogatory information about Harvey Weinstein’s accusers, including Rose McGowan, and shared unpublished material directly with Harvey Weinstein. [95] In 2015, when Ambra Battilana Gutierrez’s allegations against Harvey Weinstein first surfaced, the Enquirer attempted to purchase her story, not for publication but to suppress it. [96] The Enquirer also surveilled Ronan Farrow and his partner, journalist and former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett. [97]
David Pecker subsequently became a witness for the prosecution in the 2024 New York criminal hush-money trial of Donald Trump, in which David Pecker testified about parallel “catch and kill” arrangements run on Donald Trump’s behalf during the 2016 presidential campaign. [98]
Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein
Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein shared overlapping social circles in New York for years. In 2003, they were part of an investor group that included media executive Mort Zuckerman (USian-Canadian, born June 4, 1937, Montreal, Canada), television personality Donny Deutsch, and Cablevision CEO James Dolan (USian, born May 11, 1955, Massapequa, New York), which bid $44 million to acquire New York magazine. The bid was unsuccessful, losing to investment banker Bruce Wasserstein. [99][100]
A handwritten telephone message dated March 1, 2005, unsealed in the Virginia Giuffre v. Ghislaine Maxwell defamation lawsuit in January 2024, records that Harvey Weinstein called Jeffrey Epstein’s residence. [101] Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell (British, born December 25, 1961, Maisons-Laffitte, France), now serving a 20-year federal sentence for sex trafficking of a minor, was photographed with Harvey Weinstein at industry events and premieres. [102] Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein were photographed together at a costume party thrown by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew (British, born February 19, 1960, Buckingham Palace, London), for his daughter Beatrice’s eighteenth birthday. [103]
According to attorney Brad Edwards, who represented several Epstein victims and wrote the 2020 book Relentless Pursuit, Jeffrey Epstein introduced at least one trafficking victim, Chauntae Davies, to Harvey Weinstein. The introduction led to Chauntae Davies receiving an audition for Feast (2005), a film produced by Dimension Films, the genre label run by Bob Weinstein. [104] Brad Edwards also wrote that Jeffrey Epstein ended his relationship with Harvey Weinstein after Harvey Weinstein “acted too aggressively” with one of Jeffrey Epstein’s “favourite girls” at Jeffrey Epstein’s Paris apartment, and quoted Jeffrey Epstein subsequently referring to Harvey Weinstein as “a pig.” [105]
The January 30, 2026 release of more than three million pages of Department of Justice Epstein investigation files brought further scrutiny. Harvey Weinstein’s name appears in the files in two distinct contexts. The first is an FBI crisis intake report containing a tip submitted by an anonymous person who claimed she had been drugged and sexually abused on multiple occasions over a span of years. According to that tip, the woman said she once woke up in a room with Harvey Weinstein and the rapper Shawn Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z (USian, born December 4, 1969, Brooklyn, New York City). The report itself notes that the woman’s memory of both incidents was clouded because she had been drugged. [106][107] A separate 2019 tip in the same release named the rapper Terrence Thornton, known professionally as Pusha T (USian, born May 13, 1977, the Bronx, New York City), in connection with a 2007 claim that also involved Harvey Weinstein. [106]
Both Jay-Z and Pusha T deny any wrongdoing and have stated that they did not know Jeffrey Epstein. The Department of Justice expressly noted on releasing the files that the public production includes raw FBI tip-line submissions that “may include fake or falsely submitted images, documents or videos.” [106] Harvey Weinstein’s spokesperson Juda Engelmayer told CNN: “This is an unverified FBI tip, not a finding, not sworn testimony, and not evidence of anything. Mr. Weinstein denies the conduct described.” [107]
The second context is a 21-slide internal FBI presentation, also released on January 30, 2026, prepared by employees of the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force in mid-2025 as the Department of Justice came under public pressure to release the Epstein files. The presentation included a list of “prominent names” appearing in the investigative files and summarised what one FBI employee described in an email as “salacious statements” about thirteen people, among them Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, billionaire Leon Black (USian, born July 31, 1951, New York City), and Harvey Weinstein. [107]
In a March 2026 interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Harvey Weinstein acknowledged meeting Jeffrey Epstein “once or twice” but denied being friends. [108] The documented evidence, which includes the unsealed phone message, the New York magazine co-investment, the photographic record, and Brad Edwards’s account, indicates a more sustained association than Harvey Weinstein has acknowledged. There is no claim in the Epstein documents that Harvey Weinstein participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking operations. [109]
Harvey Weinstein and Political Power
Harvey Weinstein and his family donated more than $1.4 million to political campaigns and committees from 1992 onwards, almost all of it to Democratic candidates and organisations. [110] The largest recipients included the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaigns. [111]
Harvey Weinstein donated more than $26,000 directly to Hillary Clinton’s campaigns between 1999 and 2016, and an additional $15,000 to HILLPAC over seventeen years. [112] Harvey Weinstein served as a bundler for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, hosting a fundraiser at his Manhattan home in June 2016 that raised more than $1.8 million. [113] Harvey Weinstein contributed to Bill Clinton’s legal defence fund in the 1990s, and the Clintons rented a home next to Harvey Weinstein in the Hamptons in 2015. [114]
Harvey Weinstein also served as a bundler for Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, raising $679,275. [115] Barack Obama’s eldest daughter, Malia Obama (USian, born July 4, 1998, Chicago), interned at the Weinstein Company in 2017, shortly after Barack Obama left office. [116]
Following the October 2017 revelations, numerous Democratic officeholders donated Harvey Weinstein’s contributions to charities. The Democratic National Committee donated more than $30,000. Hillary Clinton waited five days before issuing a statement, and Barack Obama eventually released a statement describing himself as “disgusted.” [117][118][119]
Harvey Weinstein was awarded the Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2012 and an honorary CBE in 2004, the latter of which was annulled in 2020. [120]
Harvey Weinstein and the New York Criminal Cases
On May 25, 2018, Harvey Weinstein was arrested in Manhattan and charged with rape and criminal sexual act in connection with allegations by two women. [121] Harvey Weinstein posted $1 million bail.
The first New York trial began on January 6, 2020 before Justice James Burke. The prosecution presented testimony from six women, including Miriam Haley (USian, birth date undocumented in the public record), a former television production assistant who alleged Harvey Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006, and Jessica Mann (USian, born circa 1986, birth city undocumented in the public record), an aspiring actress who alleged Harvey Weinstein raped her in a hotel room in 2013. [122] On February 24, 2020, the jury convicted Harvey Weinstein of criminal sexual assault in the first degree (related to Miriam Haley) and rape in the third degree (related to Jessica Mann), but acquitted him of predatory sexual assault, which could have resulted in a life sentence. [123] On March 11, 2020, Justice James Burke sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 23 years in prison. [124]
On April 25, 2024, the New York Court of Appeals overturned the convictions in a 4-3 ruling, finding that trial judge James Burke made “egregious errors” by permitting three women whose allegations were not part of the charges (Lauren Young, Dawn Dunning, and Tarale Wulff) to testify about uncharged conduct, which the appeals court determined had prejudiced the jury. [125] The court ordered a retrial.
The retrial began on April 15, 2025 before Justice Curtis Farber. The prosecution included new charges involving Kaja Sokola (Polish, born 1986, Krynica-Zdrój, Poland), a psychotherapist and former model, who alleged Harvey Weinstein forced oral sex on her in 2006 when she was a nineteen-year-old model. On June 11, 2025, the jury convicted Harvey Weinstein of first-degree criminal sexual act against Miriam Haley, acquitted him of the charge involving Kaja Sokola, and failed to reach a verdict on the third-degree rape charge involving Jessica Mann. [126] On June 12, 2025 the jury foreperson refused to return to deliberations on the rape count, alleging he had been threatened by another juror who told him “you’re going to see me outside.” Justice Curtis Farber declared a mistrial on the Jessica Mann count. [127]
Harvey Weinstein has not yet been sentenced for the June 2025 Miriam Haley conviction. The conviction carries a maximum of 25 years. [128] The third trial on the remaining Jessica Mann rape charge began on April 14, 2026 before Justice Curtis Farber. [7] Jury selection produced more than 80 prospective juror requests to be excused on the first morning, leaving roughly 60 candidates for further questioning. [7] Opening statements are scheduled for April 21, 2026. [8]
In a development announced just before jury selection began, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Candace White told Justice Curtis Farber that prosecutors had received new information from a court officer who had been present during Harvey Weinstein’s February 2020 sexual assault conviction. According to the officer’s account given to prosecutors the previous week, Harvey Weinstein remarked at the time of that 2020 verdict: “If you had seen these girls, you would have done the exact same thing.” [7] Defence attorney Marc Agnifilo urged Justice Curtis Farber to keep any mention of the alleged remark out of the third trial, calling it “far-fetched” and arguing that it had emerged too late. [7] Justice Curtis Farber’s ruling on admissibility is pending.
Harvey Weinstein retained a new legal team for the third trial, replacing his longtime attorney Arthur Aidala. The new team is composed of Marc Agnifilo (USian, born unknown), Jacob Kaplan (USian, born unknown), and Teny Geragos (USian, born July 1986, Los Angeles), all attorneys from the firm Agnifilo Intrater. [129] Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos defended Sean Combs (USian, born November 4, 1969, Harlem, New York City), the music producer and businessman, in his federal racketeering and trafficking trial in 2025. Jacob Kaplan represents Luigi Mangione (USian, born May 6, 1998, Towson, Maryland), the man charged with the December 2024 murder of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson. [129] Arthur Aidala stepped aside in February 2026 to focus on appeals of the June 2025 Miriam Haley conviction and on Harvey Weinstein’s civil matters. [129] On the appeal, Arthur Aidala continues to allege juror intimidation during the 2025 retrial.
The third trial is expected to last up to six weeks and the third-degree rape charge carries a maximum sentence of four years. [8]
Harvey Weinstein and the Los Angeles Criminal Case
Harvey Weinstein was extradited to Los Angeles on July 20, 2021. The Los Angeles trial commenced in October 2022 on charges of rape, forcible oral copulation, and sexual battery involving multiple women, with alleged acts occurring between 2004 and 2013. [130] On December 19, 2022, the jury convicted Harvey Weinstein of three of seven charges (four of the original eleven charges had been dropped), including rape and forced oral copulation, all relating to a single woman known in court as Jane Doe 1. [131] The jury acquitted Harvey Weinstein of sexual battery against Jane Doe 2 and could not reach a verdict on three counts involving Jane Doe 3 and Jane Doe 4. In February 2023, Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years. [132]
Harvey Weinstein filed his appeal in the 2nd District Court of Appeal in June 2024, arguing that the trial included almost a dozen procedural errors that violated his right to a fair trial. [133] The hearing on the appeal is scheduled for April 23, 2026, three days into Harvey Weinstein’s third New York trial. [9] The Los Angeles judge ruled that Harvey Weinstein’s California sentence runs consecutively with, rather than concurrently with, his New York sentence.
Harvey Weinstein and Civil Proceedings
In addition to the criminal cases, Harvey Weinstein faced extensive civil litigation. In December 2017, a group of six women filed a civil lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, the Weinstein Company, Miramax, and other individuals, alleging sexual misconduct and racketeering. [134] Additional lawsuits followed from individual accusers.
The Weinstein Company filed for bankruptcy in March 2018, with Lantern Entertainment subsequently purchasing all assets. [135] A $25 million settlement fund was established in 2020 for survivors who filed claims through the bankruptcy proceedings, although many survivors criticised the amount as inadequate and the structure as providing Harvey Weinstein too much protection. [136]
Harvey Weinstein and Institutional Failures
Multiple institutions bear documented responsibility for enabling Harvey Weinstein’s conduct over decades.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office under Cyrus Vance Jr. declined to prosecute Harvey Weinstein in 2015 despite the NYPD sting audio and corroborating evidence. David Boies, Harvey Weinstein’s attorney, donated $10,000 to Cyrus Vance Jr.’s campaign after the decision not to prosecute. [137]
NBC News, under news president Noah Oppenheim and chairman Andy Lack (USian, born May 16, 1947, New York City), suppressed Ronan Farrow’s investigation in 2017, ordering Ronan Farrow and Rich McHugh to stand down. Rich McHugh has described the directive as coming from “the very highest levels at NBC.” [138] NBC’s actions allowed Harvey Weinstein additional months of freedom and opportunity to assault other women.
The Weinstein Company’s board and human resources department were, according to multiple former employees, aware of complaints about Harvey Weinstein’s conduct but protected Harvey Weinstein rather than employees. [139] Bob Weinstein was aware of settlements as early as 1990. [140]
Lawyers including David Boies, Lisa Bloom, and Charles Harder participated in efforts to suppress allegations and discredit accusers. Lisa Bloom provided Harvey Weinstein with advice on how to undermine Rose McGowan’s credibility and pitched a book to “take Rose down,” as documented in She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. [141] Lisa Bloom has since expressed regret for advising Harvey Weinstein. [142]
The National Enquirer, under David Pecker, performed “catch and kill” operations for Harvey Weinstein, suppressing damaging stories and sharing information about accusers with Harvey Weinstein’s team. [143]
The Broader Political Crisis
The third Harvey Weinstein trial cannot be read in isolation from the wider collapse of the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein record in early 2026, the period during which the FBI tip naming Harvey Weinstein was made public.
On April 2, 2026, Donald Trump dismissed Attorney General Pam Bondi (USian, born November 17, 1965, Tampa, Florida). [144] On March 14, 2026, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chaired by James Comer (USian, born November 19, 1972, Carthage, Tennessee, Republican of Kentucky), had subpoenaed Pam Bondi to appear for a deposition on April 14, 2026, the same day that jury selection began in Harvey Weinstein’s third trial. [144] On April 8, 2026, the Department of Justice, through Assistant Attorney General Patrick Davis, wrote to James Comer stating that because the subpoena had been issued to Pam Bondi in her official capacity, and because she no longer held that office following her April 2 dismissal, the subpoena “no longer obligates her to appear.” [144] Pam Bondi did not appear on April 14, 2026.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (USian, born unknown, US) stated on February 2, 2026 that there would be no additional prosecutions related to Jeffrey Epstein, notwithstanding the volume of material released. Todd Blanche said the files contained “a lot of correspondence. There’s a lot of emails. There’s a lot of photographs,” but added that the materials did not “allow us necessarily to prosecute somebody.” [145] Representatives Ro Khanna (USian, born September 13, 1976, Philadelphia, Democrat of California) and Thomas Massie (USian, born January 26, 1971, Huntington, West Virginia, Republican of Kentucky) have indicated they would consider contempt or impeachment proceedings against senior officials if compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act did not improve. [145]
The context in which Harvey Weinstein now faces his third New York trial is one in which the Department of Justice has publicly declined to bring further charges arising from the Epstein files, the Attorney General who oversaw the release has been dismissed and has refused congressional testimony, and Harvey Weinstein’s own name has surfaced in the released material in two separate categories: as the subject of an FBI tip alleging assault on a drugged woman, and on a list of “prominent names” for whom FBI employees compiled “salacious statements” in mid-2025.
Key Connections and Associations
DIRECT CONTACT: Jeffrey Epstein (USian, born January 20, 1953, Brooklyn, New York City; died August 10, 2019, Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York City). Co-investor in the 2003 bid for New York magazine. Phone message from Harvey Weinstein dated March 1, 2005 documented in unsealed Epstein case files. Photographed together at multiple social events including the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor party for Beatrice’s eighteenth birthday. Brad Edwards has documented Jeffrey Epstein introducing the Epstein trafficking victim Chauntae Davies to Harvey Weinstein, leading to a Dimension Films audition. [101][104]
DIRECT CONTACT: David Boies (USian, born March 11, 1941, Marengo, Illinois). Harvey Weinstein’s lead attorney during the 2017 suppression campaign. Signed the Black Cube contract through Boies Schiller Flexner. Made a $10,000 donation to Cyrus Vance Jr.’s campaign after the Manhattan District Attorney declined to prosecute Harvey Weinstein in 2015. [73][137]
DIRECT CONTACT: Lisa Bloom (USian, born September 20, 1961, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Advised Harvey Weinstein on strategies to discredit accusers. Proposed a book to undermine Rose McGowan. Daughter of victims’ rights attorney Gloria Allred. Has since expressed regret for advising Harvey Weinstein. [66][141]
DIRECT CONTACT: David Pecker (USian, born September 24, 1951, Bronx, New York City). Chief executive of American Media Inc. and the National Enquirer. Facilitated “catch and kill” operations on Harvey Weinstein’s behalf. Subsequently became a witness for the prosecution in the 2024 New York criminal hush-money trial of Donald Trump. [94][98]
DIRECT CONTACT: Noah Oppenheim (USian, born June 28, 1977, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania). NBC News president who oversaw the suppression of Ronan Farrow’s Harvey Weinstein investigation. Hollywood screenwriter with credits including Jackie (2016). Stepped down from NBC News in January 2023 and entered into a film and television production agreement with NBCUniversal. [89][92]
DIRECT CONTACT: Andy Lack (USian, born May 16, 1947, New York City). NBC News chairman during the 2017 suppression. Ronan Farrow alleged in Catch and Kill that Andy Lack was part of the “triumvirate” Harvey Weinstein contacted frequently. [90]
DIRECT CONTACT (as prosecutor): Cyrus Vance Jr. (USian, born June 30, 1954, New York City). Manhattan District Attorney who declined to prosecute Harvey Weinstein in 2015 despite the NYPD sting audio. Received a $10,000 campaign donation from David Boies after the decision. [56][58]
DIRECT CONTACT: Bill Clinton (USian, born August 19, 1946, Hope, Arkansas). Recipient of Harvey Weinstein’s political donations and legal defence fund contributions. Socialised with Harvey Weinstein in the Hamptons. Harvey Weinstein hosted fundraisers for Hillary Clinton’s campaigns. [114]
DIRECT CONTACT: Hillary Clinton (USian, born October 26, 1947, Chicago, Illinois). Recipient of more than $26,000 directly from Harvey Weinstein and $15,000 to HILLPAC over seventeen years. June 2016 fundraiser at Harvey Weinstein’s Manhattan home raised more than $1.8 million for her presidential campaign. [112][113]
DIRECT CONTACT (as accuser): Miriam Haley (USian, birth date undocumented in the public record). Television production assistant. Harvey Weinstein convicted in February 2020 (overturned 2024) and again in June 2025 of first-degree criminal sexual act for forcibly performing oral sex on her at his apartment in July 2006. [122][126]
DIRECT CONTACT (as accuser): Jessica Mann (USian, born circa 1986). Hairstylist and actor. Harvey Weinstein convicted in February 2020 (overturned 2024) of third-degree rape; mistrial June 2025; third trial began April 14, 2026 with opening statements scheduled April 21, 2026. [122][7][8]
DIRECT CONTACT (as accuser): Kaja Sokola (Polish, born 1986, Krynica-Zdrój, Poland). Psychotherapist and former model. Alleged Harvey Weinstein forced oral sex on her in 2006 when she was nineteen. Harvey Weinstein acquitted on this charge June 11, 2025. [126]
DIRECT CONTACT (as accuser): Ambra Battilana Gutierrez (Filipino-Italian, born circa 1993). Model. Reported Harvey Weinstein to NYPD March 2015. NYPD sting captured Harvey Weinstein admitting to groping her. Cyrus Vance Jr. declined to prosecute. Signed NDA, received $1 million settlement, preserved hidden audio recording that became evidence at the 2020 trial. [53][60]
DIRECT CONTACT (as accuser): Rose McGowan (USian-Italian, born September 5, 1973, Certaldo, Italy). Actor. Received $100,000 settlement from Harvey Weinstein in 1997 following alleged rape at Sundance. Targeted by Black Cube operative Stella Penn Pechanac, who befriended her over months under the false identity “Diana Filip.” [50][74]
CURRENT DEFENCE COUNSEL: Marc Agnifilo (USian, born unknown). Lead defence attorney at Harvey Weinstein’s third New York trial. Previously defended Sean Combs in his 2025 federal racketeering and trafficking trial. [129]
CURRENT DEFENCE COUNSEL: Jacob Kaplan (USian, born unknown). Defence attorney at Harvey Weinstein’s third New York trial. Also represents Luigi Mangione, charged with the December 2024 murder of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson. [129]
CURRENT DEFENCE COUNSEL: Teny Geragos (USian, born July 1986, Los Angeles). Defence attorney at Harvey Weinstein’s third New York trial. Previously defended Sean Combs in his 2025 federal racketeering and trafficking trial. Daughter of celebrity attorney Mark Geragos. [129]
ONE DEGREE OF SEPARATION, via Jeffrey Epstein: Ghislaine Maxwell (British, born December 25, 1961, Maisons-Laffitte, France). Convicted December 2021 on five federal counts including sex trafficking of a minor; serving 20-year sentence. Photographed at Harvey Weinstein’s events and premieres. [102]
ONE DEGREE OF SEPARATION, via Jeffrey Epstein: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew (British, born February 19, 1960, Buckingham Palace, London). Hosted the costume party at which Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein were photographed together. Stripped of royal titles and patronages in 2025 amid renewed Epstein scrutiny. Also named in the FBI’s 21-slide January 2026 “salacious statements” presentation. [103][107]
ONE DEGREE OF SEPARATION, via Jeffrey Epstein: Chauntae Davies (USian). Epstein trafficking victim documented by Brad Edwards as having been introduced by Jeffrey Epstein to Harvey Weinstein, resulting in a Dimension Films audition for Feast (2005). [104]
ONE DEGREE OF SEPARATION, via Jeffrey Epstein: Mort Zuckerman (USian-Canadian, born June 4, 1937, Montreal, Canada). Media executive, co-investor with Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein in the unsuccessful 2003 New York magazine bid. [99]
ONE DEGREE OF SEPARATION, via Jeffrey Epstein: Brad Edwards (USian). Attorney for several Epstein victims. Documented the Jeffrey Epstein-Chauntae Davies-Harvey Weinstein chain in his 2020 book Relentless Pursuit. [104][105]
NAMED IN SAME FBI TIP-LINE SUBMISSION: Shawn Carter, professionally known as Jay-Z (USian, born December 4, 1969, Brooklyn, New York City). Music producer and businessman. Named alongside Harvey Weinstein in an anonymous FBI tip released January 30, 2026, in which the tipster claimed she woke up in a room with both men while drugged. The Department of Justice notes that such tips may be unverified. Both deny wrongdoing. [106][107]
NAMED IN SAME FBI TIP-LINE SUBMISSION: Terrence Thornton, professionally known as Pusha T (USian, born May 13, 1977, the Bronx, New York City). Rapper signed to Roc Nation. Named in a 2019 FBI tip linked to a 2007 claim involving Harvey Weinstein. [106]
Current Status
As of April 20, 2026, Harvey Weinstein is incarcerated at Rikers Island in New York City, where he has been held since the overturning of his original New York conviction in April 2024. [148] He is simultaneously serving his 16-year California sentence, which is on appeal, with a hearing scheduled for April 23, 2026. [9] Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia and suffers from diabetes, coronary artery disease, sleep apnoea, and spinal stenosis. [149][150] He underwent emergency heart surgery in September 2024. [151] He uses a wheelchair. [11]
Harvey Weinstein awaits sentencing for the June 2025 conviction of first-degree criminal sexual act against Miriam Haley, which carries a maximum of 25 years. [152] No sentencing date has been set. The third New York trial on the remaining Jessica Mann rape charge began April 14, 2026 before Justice Curtis Farber, with opening statements scheduled for April 21, 2026, the day after the date of this dossier. [7][8] The third-degree rape charge carries a maximum of four years.
Harvey Weinstein’s defence team for the third trial consists of Marc Agnifilo, Jacob Kaplan, and Teny Geragos. [129] Arthur Aidala remains on the case to pursue an appeal of the June 2025 Miriam Haley conviction, on which he is alleging juror intimidation. [129] Harvey Weinstein’s PR representative Juda Engelmayer has said the team is confident of full acquittal. [153]
Harvey Weinstein has told the Hollywood Reporter that he is “dying” and does not want to die in prison. [10] He spends 23 hours a day in his cell at Rikers Island and has reportedly been attacked while waiting to make a telephone call, in his account being “punched hard in the face” and falling on the floor “bleeding everywhere.” [10] He told Justice Curtis Farber in January 2026 that his “mental state is collapsing.” [11] In court the same winter, Harvey Weinstein declared: “I acted wrongly, but I never assaulted anyone.” [8]
Even if Harvey Weinstein is acquitted at the third New York trial, the California 16-year sentence and the unsentenced June 2025 Miriam Haley conviction (maximum 25 years) keep him incarcerated for the foreseeable future. The California judge ruled that any California sentence would run consecutively, not concurrently, with any New York sentence. [158]
Timeline
1952, March 19. Harvey Weinstein born in Flushing, Queens, New York City. [159]
1969. Harvey Weinstein enrolls at the State University of New York at Buffalo. [160]
1973. Harvey Weinstein leaves university; continues concert promotion business. [161]
1979. Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein found Miramax Films Corporation. [162]
1987. Harvey Weinstein marries Eve Chilton. [163]
1989. Miramax releases Sex, Lies, and Videotape, establishing the company as a major independent distributor. [164]
1990. Bob Weinstein involved in the first known financial settlement with a Harvey Weinstein accuser. [165]
1993. The Walt Disney Company acquires Miramax. [166]
1997. Rose McGowan receives a $100,000 settlement from Harvey Weinstein following an alleged rape at Sundance. [167]
1998. Harvey Weinstein wins the Academy Award for Best Picture for Shakespeare in Love. A former Miramax assistant, Rowena Chiu, receives a settlement. [168]
2003. Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein among a group of investors who bid to acquire New York magazine. [169]
2004. Harvey Weinstein receives an honorary CBE. Harvey Weinstein and Eve Chilton divorce. [170]
2005. Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein depart Miramax and found The Weinstein Company. A phone message records Harvey Weinstein calling Jeffrey Epstein’s residence on March 1. [171]
2006. Alleged sexual assaults on Miriam Haley (July) and Kaja Sokola (April or May). [126]
2007. Harvey Weinstein marries Georgina Chapman. [172]
2012. Harvey Weinstein receives the Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. [173]
2013. Alleged rape of Jessica Mann at a Manhattan hotel. [122]
2015, March. Ambra Battilana Gutierrez reports Harvey Weinstein to the NYPD. NYPD sting captures Harvey Weinstein on audio admitting to groping. Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. declines to prosecute. Ambra Battilana Gutierrez signs NDA, receives $1 million settlement. [174]
2016, October. Harvey Weinstein hires Black Cube to suppress allegations and surveil journalists and accusers. [175]
2017, August. NBC News orders Ronan Farrow and Rich McHugh to stop reporting on Harvey Weinstein. [176]
2017, October 5. New York Times publishes Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s investigation. [177]
2017, October 8. The Weinstein Company’s board fires Harvey Weinstein. [178]
2017, October 10. Ronan Farrow publishes his investigation in the New Yorker. [179]
2017, October 14. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expels Harvey Weinstein. [180]
2017, November 6. Ronan Farrow publishes “Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies” in the New Yorker. [182]
2018, March. The Weinstein Company files for bankruptcy. [183]
2018, May 25. Harvey Weinstein arrested in Manhattan on rape and criminal sexual act charges. [184]
2020, January 6. First Manhattan trial begins before Justice James Burke.
2020, February 24. Harvey Weinstein convicted in New York of criminal sexual assault in the first degree (Miriam Haley) and rape in the third degree (Jessica Mann). [185]
2020, March 11. Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison. [186]
2020, September 18. Harvey Weinstein stripped of his honorary CBE. [187]
2021, July 20. Harvey Weinstein extradited to Los Angeles. [188]
2022, December 19. Harvey Weinstein convicted in Los Angeles of three counts including rape and forced oral copulation, all relating to Jane Doe 1. Acquitted on Jane Doe 2 charge. Mistrial on counts involving Jane Does 3 and 4. [189]
2023, February. Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years for the California conviction. [190]
2024, January. Epstein case documents are unsealed in the Virginia Giuffre v. Ghislaine Maxwell defamation lawsuit, including the March 1, 2005 phone message from Harvey Weinstein to Jeffrey Epstein. [191]
2024, April 25. New York Court of Appeals overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction and orders a retrial. [192]
2024, June. Harvey Weinstein files appeal of California conviction in 2nd District Court of Appeal. [133]
2024, September. Harvey Weinstein undergoes emergency heart surgery. [193]
2024, October. Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia. [194]
2025, April 15. New York retrial begins before Justice Curtis Farber, with new charges involving Kaja Sokola. [195]
2025, June 11. Harvey Weinstein convicted of first-degree criminal sexual act against Miriam Haley; acquitted on Kaja Sokola charge; mistrial declared on Jessica Mann rape charge after jury foreperson reports being threatened. [196]
November 2025. Epstein Files Transparency Act passes the US House unanimously, then the Senate. Donald Trump signs it into law. [145]
2026, January. Harvey Weinstein gives Hollywood Reporter prison interview from Rikers, his first major sit-down since arrest. Tells Justice Curtis Farber his mental state is “collapsing.” [10][11]
2026, January 30. Department of Justice releases more than three million pages of Epstein investigation files, including 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. Harvey Weinstein named in an anonymous FBI tip alleging she woke in a room with him and Jay-Z while drugged, and listed in an internal FBI 21-slide presentation among thirteen individuals about whom “salacious statements” had been compiled. [106][107]
2026, February. Arthur Aidala steps aside from the third trial to focus on appeals and civil matters. Marc Agnifilo, Jacob Kaplan, and Teny Geragos take over. [129]
2026, February 2. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche states there will be no additional prosecutions related to Jeffrey Epstein. [145]
2026, March 4. Justice Curtis Farber schedules third trial for April 14, 2026. [129]
2026, March 14. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer subpoenas Pam Bondi for an April 14, 2026 deposition. [144]
2026, April 2. Donald Trump dismisses Pam Bondi as Attorney General. [144]
2026, April 8. Department of Justice notifies House Oversight Committee that Pam Bondi will not appear under the March 14 subpoena. [144]
2026, April 14. Jury selection begins in Harvey Weinstein’s third New York trial. More than 80 prospective jurors ask to be excused on the first morning. Manhattan ADA Candace White discloses new evidence of an alleged Harvey Weinstein remark from 2020. Pam Bondi does not appear for the House Oversight deposition. [7][144]
2026, April 21. Opening statements scheduled in third Harvey Weinstein trial. [8]
2026, April 23. California appeal hearing scheduled in 2nd District Court of Appeal. [9]
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[58] “The Chilling Parallels a Woman Sees Between the Trump Trial and Her Accusations Against Harvey Weinstein.” CNN, May 22, 2024.
[59] Ibid.
[60] “Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, Harvey Weinstein, and Justice.” Shortform, January 2, 2021.
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[63] Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, 2018, awarded jointly to the New York Times and the New Yorker.
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[65] Kantor, Jodi, and Megan Twohey. She Said. Penguin Press, 2019.
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[67] Farrow, Ronan. New Yorker, November 6, 2017.
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[70] Ibid.
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[74] Farrow, Ronan. New Yorker, November 6, 2017.
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[76] Ibid.
[77] Farrow, Ronan. “The Black Cube Chronicles, Part I: The Private Investigators.” New Yorker, October 7, 2019.
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[79] “Black Cube: Weinstein Had His Own Spies.” Shortform, January 2, 2021.
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[114] “As Democrats Denounce Harvey Weinstein.” CNN, October 9, 2017.
[115] “Harvey Weinstein Harassment Claims Put Obamas, Clintons in Tough Spot.” Hollywood Reporter, October 2017.
[116] Ibid.
[117] “Democratic National Committee to Give Away More Than $30,000 of Harvey Weinstein’s Donations.” Hollywood Reporter, October 6, 2017.
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[123] Ibid.
[124] “Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison.” New York Times, March 11, 2020.
[125] “New York Court of Appeals Overturns Harvey Weinstein’s Conviction.” New York Times, April 25, 2024.
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[133] “Harvey Weinstein appeals L.A. rape conviction weeks after N.Y. conviction was overturned.” NBC News, June 8, 2024.
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[137] “The Chilling Parallels.” CNN, May 22, 2024.
[138] “Former NBC Producer Recounts How Network Killed Stories.” Washington Examiner, October 2019.
[139] “Harvey Weinstein Sexual Abuse Cases.” Wikipedia, accessed April 20, 2026.
[140] Kantor, Jodi, and Megan Twohey. She Said. Penguin Press, 2019.
[141] Ibid.
[142] Ibid.
[143] Farrow, Ronan. Catch and Kill. Little, Brown, 2019.
[144] “Melania Trump Denies Epstein Ties, Calls for Survivor Testimony as Deported Ex-Model’s Threats Preceded Her Statement.” SJO Daily, April 15, 2026 (containing Bondi subpoena and dismissal chronology).
[145] “Epstein files.” Wikipedia, accessed April 20, 2026.
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[149] Ibid.
[150] “Harvey Weinstein Has Cancer.” Deadline, October 22, 2024.
[151] “Harvey Weinstein Diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.” ABC News, October 22, 2024.
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