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Attorneys for Harvey Weinstein file motion to move trial out of NYC, possibly to LI

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's sex abuse trial could be held on Long Island.

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Aug 21, 2019, 10:30 PM

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Updated 1,706 days ago

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Attorneys for Harvey Weinstein file motion to move trial out of NYC, possibly to LI
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's sex abuse trial could be held on Long Island.
Attorneys for Weinstein have filed a motion to get his upcoming criminal trial moved out of New York City and to Suffolk or Albany counties.
They say he can't get a fair trial in the city.
Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to raping a woman in 2013 and performing a forcible sex act on another woman in 2006.
His trial is set to start Sept. 9.
 
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