Harvey Weinstein Files NYC Appeal, Claims ‘Carnival Atmosphere’ Denied Him Fair Trial

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein His attorneys filed an appeal in New York City claiming that the aforementioned ruling was not correct. “carnival atmosphere” The 2020 proceedings prevented him receiving a fair trial.

Weinstein attorney Arthur L. Aidala — of Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins — said that despite being found guilty and sentenced to 23 years in New York, his client had never once wavered from maintaining his innocence.

“The day I met Harvey in 2019 he told me, ‘I was innocent.’ Despite all the negative things that have happened from 2019 to today, the one thing that hasn’t been diminished is his powerful defense of himself and his proclamations of innocence. He has not given up,” Aidala stated in a Statement Page Six is an entertainment outlet.

Aidala continued by stating that Weinstein actively participated in the appeals process. He drafted and approved some documents himself, while awaiting sentencing for three separate charges of rape in Los Angeles.

Aidala explained to Page Six that the appeal is truly appealing. “a trial of the trial judge,” James Burke is an author who seeks to discover if he “ruled fairly and accurately, whether he followed the law in his rulings about what could and couldn’t go into evidence.”

Aidala The appeal was filed Tuesday’s text was “An unrelenting deluge of publicity, vocal special interest groups, and a morally outraged public, created a carnival atmosphere before and during Weinstein’s trial that deprived him of the judicial serenity and calm to which he was entitled.”

“Against this backdrop, Weinstein was stripped of the presumption of innocence and subjected to a process that bore little resemblance to the fair and impartial trial demanded by the Constitution. Put bluntly, the court of public opinion became the court in this case,” The appeal was continued and the judge was accused of giving in. “to the pressure of an influential social movement determined to punish centuries of male misbehavior by setting an example in convicting one man.”

Weinstein Was convicted in New York — in February of 2020 — of performing oral sex on “Project Runway” Miriam is a production assistant “Mimi” Haleyi against Jessica Mann’s will in 2006 and 2013.