100 CENTRE STREET, May 15 -- Harvey Weinstein was in his wheelchair, this time with Marc Agnifilo, Teny Geragos and Jacob Kaplan as his lawyers, as opening arguments began before NYS Justice Curtis Farber on April 21. Inner City Press was there and live tweeted. So too on May 5, when the two sides fought about exhibits that are still not being provided to the public and press.
On May 1 Inner City Press put together a letter as it had with Justice Gregory Carro down the hall during his Luigi Mangione hearing (after which Justice Carro ordered the parties to provide exhibits). Yes, NYS Justices still list fax numbers and not emails and no, they do not seem to still have fax machines. But Justice Farber got the letter. Letter here.
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Nothing has happened. As of 5 pm five days later, not a single exhibit has been provided.
On May 13, Weinstein said he had chest pains, Justice Farber said, and was not brought into the courtroom. Jurors were sent home early after asking for a Powerpoint slide based on exhibits - none of which have been made available to the public or Press, despite its May 1 letter.
On May 14 Harvey Weinstein was back, but coffee that Justice Farber promised the jurors was not. After read-backs of Jessica Mann's testimony, Justice Farber called it a day with a joke about the Seinfeld episode about the car rental agency taking reservations but not honoring them.
On May 15, the jury said twice it could not reach a unanimous decision. Between the two, Weinstein and his lawyers chatted, smiling. The prosecutors were given until June 25 to state whether they want to do a re-trial, again. They still did not make available exhibits, despite Inner City Press' May 1 letter to Justice Farber.
