After the New York Court of Appeals overturned his convictions for sexual assault on Thursday, disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein will be back in a New York courtroom next week when the DA Alvin Bragg’s office refiles charges, ABC News reports. In a 4-3 decision, the Appeals Court found prosecutors used improper testimony about alleged previous assaults by Weinstein that were never prosecuted and not part of the case which “portrayed defendant in a highly prejudicial light.”
Don’t worry, though: New York will continue to try Weinstein on the charges, with Bragg contacting the victims who filed charges in the first case to ensure their cooperation. And Weinstein will not be released pending trial: he will be transferred to California, where he was sentence in separate cases and sentenced to a 16-year prison term.