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Harvey Weinstein Is Back In Court As New York Considers California Prison Request.
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein appeared in a New York City courthouse on Thursday as authorities considered California’s extradition request to serve his awaiting term for a 2022 rape conviction in Los Angeles.
The 16-year sentence Harvey received in 2023 for raping a woman at a 2013 Los Angeles film festival was put on hold while he spent time in New York after being convicted of rape in 2020. However, the Empire State conviction was reversed late last month, erasing the 23-year term.
Harvey Weinstein Is Back In Court As New York Considers California Prison Request.
According to prosecutors and defense attorneys, the hearing in Queens criminal court on Thursday morning, only days after Weinstein left a city hospital, was related to California’s request. Weinstein arrived at the hearing in a wheelchair and wearing a dark suit.
The 72-year-old remains in New York detention while Manhattan’s district attorney seeks to retry him. During a hearing last week, prosecutors stated that they could be ready as early as September and that at least one of the two accused victims was willing to testify again.
Harvey Weinstein Is Back In Court As New York Considers California Prison Request.
In one case, the once-powerful former movie magnate is charged with raping an aspiring actor in 2013 and sexually abusing a TV and film production assistant in 2006. He rejects the charges.
New York’s highest court vacated Weinstein’s conviction, finding that the trial judge prejudiced him with incorrect rulings, including allowing other women to speak about charges he was not charged with.
The 2020 conviction was hailed at the time as a watershed moment in the #MeToo movement, which began in 2017 with a slew of complaints against Weinstein.
Harvey Weinstein Is Back In Court As New York Considers California Prison Request.
Weinstein was sentenced to upstate New York state prison. Following the appeals court verdict, he was transferred to city custody and taken to Manhattan’s Bellevue Hospital, where his publicist claims he was treated for pneumonia and other medical conditions. He was sent to the city’s Rikers Island detention complex on Monday.
SOURCE – (AP)
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Al Pacino Reveals He Nearly Died Of Covid-19 – And Gives His Thoughts On The Afterlife
Al Pacino revealed that he nearly died from COVID-19 in 2020 and expressed his thoughts on what happens after death.
In interviews with The New York Times and People magazine, the Academy Award-winning actor discussed getting the virus and temporarily losing his pulse.
Al, 84, told the Times in a wide-ranging interview that he started feeling “unusually not good” and soon got a fever and dehydration. “I was sitting there in my house, and I was gone,” he stated. “I didn’t have a pulse.”
Al Pacino Reveals He Nearly Died Of Covid-19 – And Gives His Thoughts On The Afterlife
“You’re here, and you’re not. I thought, “Wow, you don’t even have any memories.” You have nothing. “Strange porridge,” the “Scarface” actor claimed about his near-death encounter.
Within minutes, an ambulance arrived at Al’s house, and he regained consciousness with six paramedics and two physicians in his living room, he claimed.
“They had these outfits on that looked like they were from outer space or something,” he told the local newspaper. “It was very frightening to open your eyes and witness that. Everyone was surrounding me, and they said, ‘He’s back. “He’s here.”
Al told People that when he regained consciousness, he felt confused. “I looked around and I thought, ‘What happened to me?'”
Despite “everybody” believing he was dead, the movie veteran claimed he is not sure if he perished. “I thought I had died. I might not have. I honestly don’t think I have. “I know I made it,” he stated.
Al hailed his “great assistant” by swiftly alerting paramedics after his nurse confirmed that he no longer had a pulse.
“He got the people coming, because the nurse that was taking care of me said, ‘I don’t feel a pulse on this guy,'” remembered Al Pacino.
When asked if the health concern had impacted the way he lived his life, Pacino replied, “Not at all.”
However, this does not imply that the experience had no impact on the performer.
Al Pacino Reveals He Nearly Died Of Covid-19 – And Gives His Thoughts On The Afterlife
Pacino, who is presently prepping for a film rendition of Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” told The New York Times that the event had a philosophical significance.
“I did not see the white light or anything. “There is nothing there,” he explained. “As Hamlet says, ‘To be or not to be,’ and ‘The uncharted place from which no traveler returns.’ He then says two words: ‘no more.’ “It was no more,” Pacino concluded.
“You are gone. I’d never considered it in my life. But, you know, actors: It sounds good to say you died once. What happens when there is no more?
Pacino’s experiences are described in his book, “Sonny Boy,” which will be published on Tuesday.
SOURCE | AP
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Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeal From Singer R. Kelly, Convicted Of Child Sex Crimes
Washington — The Supreme Court declined to hear R. Kelly’s appeal on Monday, despite the fact that he is currently serving 20 years in jail for child rape charges in Chicago.
The Grammy Award-winning R&B artist, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was convicted in 2022 of three counts of making child sexual abuse photos and three counts of enticing children for sex.
Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeal From Singer R. Kelly, Convicted Of Child Sex Crimes
His lawyers contended that a lower statute of limitations on child sex crime prosecutions should have applied to actions committed in the 1990s. Current legislation allows charges to be filed when the accuser is still alive.
As is common, the justices did not explain why they declined to consider the case. There were no public dissents. Lower courts have previously rejected his arguments.
Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeal From Singer R. Kelly, Convicted Of Child Sex Crimes
According to federal prosecutors, the video shows Robert sexually abusing a girl. The accuser, Jane, testified that she was 14 when the video was taken.
SOURCE | AP
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Keanu Reeves Spins Out At Indianapolis Motor Speedway In Pro Auto Racing Debut
Indianapolis — Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves made his professional car racing debut on Saturday, spinning out at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Keanu Reeves Spins Out At Indianapolis Motor Speedway In Pro Auto Racing Debut
Keanu swerved into the grass without colliding on the exit of Turn 9, slightly more than halfway through the 45-minute race. He re-entered and started driving, indicating that he was uninjured.
Keanu, who qualified 31st out of 35 cars, raced as high as 21st and escaped a first-lap accident in Turn 14. Reeves placed 25th.
Keanu, 60, is racing in Indianapolis in the Toyota GR Cup, a Toyota spec-racing series and a support series for this weekend’s Indy 8 Hour sports car race. He has a second race on Sunday.
Keanu is driving the No. 92 BRZRKR automobile to promote his graphic novel, “The Book of Elsewhere.” He is teammates with Cody Jones from “Dude Perfect.”
Keanu Reeves Spins Out At Indianapolis Motor Speedway In Pro Auto Racing Debut
Keanu has previous racing experience, having competed in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach’s celebrity race. Reeves won the event in 2009.
SOURCE | AP
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