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Harvey Weinstein Will Be Extradited To California To Stand Trial On Sex Assault Charges

Emily Zanotti
Harvey Weinstein Will Be Extradited To California To Stand Trial On Sex Assault Charges
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An Erie County, New York, judge determined Tuesday that Harvey Weinstein is fit to stand trial in Los Angeles, where he faces several charges of rape and sexual assault, despite Weinstein’s claim that a trip to California, where he’d likely spend time in jail awaiting trial there, could be hazardous to his health.

Weinstein attended the hearing on Zoom from the Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, where he is both serving time and being treated for “health issues” in the prison’s medical wing.

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