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Harvey Weinstein was back in a New York City courtroom on Thursday as authorities consider California’s extradition request for him to serve his pending sentence for a 2022 rape conviction in Los Angeles.
The hearing, held in Queens criminal court on Thursday morning, was in relation to California’s request, according to both prosecutors and defense attorneys.
Having just left a city hospital days before, Mr Weinstein, 72, showed up for the hearing in a wheelchair, wearing a dark suit.
Mr Weinsten has remained in New York custody while Manhattan’s district attorney is working to retry him.
Prosecutors claimed in a hearing last week that they could be ready as soon as September, and that at least one of two alleged victims was willing to testify again.
In this case, Mr Weinstein was accused of raping an aspiring actor in 2013 and sexually assaulting a TV and film production assistant in 2006, but has denied the charges.
