Harvey Weinstein Seeks Retrial

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Ailing Harvey Weinstein begs to have #MeToo retrial sooner after judge sets April 15 date

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The disgraced movie mogul objected after Judge Curtis Farber said the retrial would start April 15 .

“Everyday I'm at Rikers Island , it's a mystery to me how I'm still walking,” Weinstein said at a hearing in state court in Manhattan .

He is being treated for numerous health conditions, including chronic myeloid leukemia and heart issues.

Prosecutors call that thinking “absurd,” countering that Weinstein ’s lawyers would have also been outraged if he had been charged based on the third woman's allegation either during his first trial or immediately after his conviction.

Weinstein co-founded the Miramax and The Weinstein Company and was once one of the most powerful people in Hollywood .

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