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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Dalton

Harvey Weinstein lawyers argue he was denied fair trial in appeal of LA rape conviction

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers argue in an appeal that he did not get a fair trial when he was convicted of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles in 2022 and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

The brief filed Friday with California’s Second District Court of Appeal comes six weeks after his similar landmark #MeToo conviction and 23-year prison sentence in New York were overturned by the state's highest court.

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