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.
And see new book,
Harvey Weinstein's Last Stand, e-book
and audiobook.
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.
