US EditionHarvey Weinstein hires Luigi Mangione and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers as his 3rd NY trial looms
Weinstein's new defense team includes lawyers known for high-profile cases, replacing longtime counsel as trial preparations continue with no set start date.
- Court papers show Harvey Weinstein's legal team, including Marc Agnifilo, took over for Arthur Aidala before his third New York rape trial, confirmed last week.
- Faced with active appeals and civil matters, Arthur Aidala ceded his courtroom role to focus on Weinstein's cases, following the New York Court of Appeals' overturn last year.
- Prosecutors warn the retrial may last, citing a split verdict last June where Weinstein was convicted of forcing oral sex on Miriam Haley, with jurors deadlocked on the Mann rape charge.
- The trial, postponed from March 3, has not been rescheduled, and Weinstein is due in court March 4 as the next scheduled court date, while lawyers juggle other high-profile cases, including Mangione's trial.
- Incoming lawyers bring high-profile defense records, with Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos having defended Sean Combs, and Jacob Kaplan returning from Weinstein's 2018 team, court papers said.
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Harvey Weinstein hired the lawyers of Luigi Mangione and Sean “Diddy” Combs to represent him in his third rape trial in New York, which reconfigures his legal team after refusing to end the case with a plea of guilt.
Harvey Weinstein hires lawyers of Luigi Mangione, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs for upcoming trial
Harvey Weinstein has hired Luigi Mangione’s and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers to represent him at his third New York rape trial, reshaping his legal team after declining to end the case with a guilty plea.
Harvey Weinstein Recruits Luigi Mangione and Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Lawyers in Legal Team Shuffle
Harvey Weinstein retained a new legal defense team for a potential retrial in New York, where prosecutors may take another crack at a third-degree rape charge that ended in a mistrial in June. They include Jacob Kaplan and Marc Agnifilo, who have been representing accused killer Luigi Mangione, and Teny Geragos, who recently defended Sean “Diddy” Combs against charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. His previous attorneys, led by Arthur Aid…
Luigi Mangione's lawyers are now defending Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein has hired Luigi Mangione and Sean "Diddy" Combs's lawyers to represent him at his third New York rape trial, reshaping his legal team after declining to end the matter with a guilty plea. The lawyers, Jacob Kaplan, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, take over for Weinstein's longtime lawyer, Arthur Aidala, who ceded his courtroom role to focus on the ex-studio boss' appeals and pending civil matters.
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