One other delay in Harvey Weinstein’s extradition anticipated – WSVN 7News | St John Information, Climate, Sports activities

By Samantha S. Pendergraft On Dec 11, 2020

December 11, 2020

BUFFALO, NY (AP) – Convicted former film producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to video briefly from a New York prison on Friday to be sent to California for sexual assault.

Authorities say the extradition proceedings originally scheduled for August will likely be postponed again, this time until April 9th.

68-year-old Weinstein is serving a 23-year prison sentence after being convicted of rape and sexual assault against two women in New York earlier this year.

He faces similar charges involving five women in California related to alleged assaults in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills from 2004 to 2013.

With Weinstein imprisoned in New York, a judge must sign his transfer to the custody of the Los Angeles authorities to be tried.

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office approved the initial delay due to the pandemic, a spokesman said.

Weinstein survived a battle with the coronavirus in March at the Wende correctional facility with maximum security east of Buffalo, where he is incarcerated. His lawyers said he had symptoms of COVID-19 again in mid-November but had not tested positive for the disease at that time.