A judge has decided to move forward in the sexual assault case of disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
Weinstein arrived in a New York court Thursday to receive Judge James Burke’s ruling, following multiple controversies over the case. Weinstein is accused of raping a women in a hotel room in March 2013 and forcing oral sex on another woman in 2006 at his apartment in Manhattan. He has denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex since a flood of accusations against him about a year ago sparked several other women to come forward about their own experiences of sexual assault.
The case has been mired in complications, with Weinstein’s team alleging police misconduct in the investigation. Weinstein’s lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, alleged police misconduct, including interfering with a witness and an accuser, “irreparably tainted” the case, the Associated Press reports. One of the six felony charges Weinstein faces was thrown out following an error by a detective investigating the case, prosecutors said.
On Thursday, Weinstein and his lawyers sought to have the remaining charges dismissed. Burke, however, ruled that the case will continue, and set a pre-trial hearing for March 7.
