Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Brenton's work has previously appeared in Billboard, Pigeons & Planes and Complex., lawyers for Weinstein, 72, filed an appeal on Friday, June 7, in California’s Second District Court of Appeal, requesting a new trial.
A spokesperson for Weinstein, and a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment on Saturday.Harvey Weinstein leaves New York City Criminal Court after a bail hearing on December 6, 2019 in New York City.
“Harvey Weinstein was tried by a system devoted to ‘getting him’ at all costs. This appeal demonstrates nearly a dozen areas of brazen legal missteps that violated his right to a fair trial,” Weinstein’s publicist, Juda Engelmayer, told NBC News. “We know he has a solid case here.” “We are of the strong opinion that the trial court vetted the evidence appropriately and made all the correct decisions in its evidentiary rulings," he continued. "We are confident that Weinstein’s appeal will be denied and he will spend many years in prison.”PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter, when sexual assault victims began sharing their experiences on social media.
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