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FILE - Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse for jury deliberations in his rape trial, Feb. 24, 2020, in New York. Nearly four years after Weinstein was convicted of rape and sent to prison, New York’s highest court will hear arguments Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in his quest to overturn the landmark #MeToo-era verdict. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

New York’s top court appears torn on tossing Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

FILE - Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse for jury deliberations in his rape trial, Feb. 24, 2020, in New York. Nearly four years after Weinstein was convicted of rape and sent to prison, New York’s highest court will hear arguments Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in his quest to overturn the landmark #MeToo-era verdict. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

New York’s top court eyes tossing Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

FILE — Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke, second from right, is escorted to a vehicle by FBI personnel outside an FBI office, in Melville, N.Y., Dec. 9, 2015. Burke, 58, who served federal prison time for beating a suspect, was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, for allegedly soliciting sex and exposing himself at a public park in Farmingdale, on New York's Long Island. (Steve Pfost/Newsday via AP, File)

Ex-New York police chief who once led Gilgo Beach probe arrested on sexual misconduct charges

By Jake Offenhartz - Associated Press

Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse as jury deliberations continue in his rape trial, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years for sexual assaults

By Michael R. Sisak, Tom Hays and Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2020, file photo, Harvey Weinstein leaves the courthouse during jury deliberations in his rape trial in New York. With Weinstein facing sentencing this week, his lawyers argued Monday, March 9, that the disgraced movie mogul deserves mercy in his New York City rape case because he's already suffered a &quot;historic&quot; fall from grace and is dealing with serious health issues. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Weinstein lawyers seek mercy after his ‘historic’ fall

By TOM HAYS and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

Harvey Weinstein leaves court after attending jury selection for his sexual assault trial, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Challenges, distractions stymie Weinstein jury selection

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse for jury selection in his sexual assault trial, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Harvey Weinstein’s judge won’t step aside as jury selection resumes

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

Harvey Weinstein arrives at court for jury selection in his sexual assault trial Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Weinstein lawyers want judge off rape case over texting jabs

By TOM HAYS and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2017, file photo Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota leaves the courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y. The former prosecutor was convicted Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, on charges he helped cover for a former protege who, as police chief, punched a handcuffed man suspected of stealing embarrassing items from his police department SUV, including sex toys and pornography. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Powerful ex-prosecutor convicted in police beating cover-up

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 25, 2017 file photo shows then - Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, right, and his attorney Alan Vinegrad leaving the courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y. Spota is accused of conspiring with the police chief and a top deputy in the DA's office to pressure witnesses to not cooperate with an FBI investigation into a 2012 assault.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

US: Detective broke ranks, helped expose brutality cover up

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 25, 2017 file photo shows then - Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, right, and his attorney Alan Vinegrad leaving the courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y. Spota is accused of conspiring with the police chief and a top deputy in the DA's office to pressure witnesses to not cooperate with an FBI investigation into a 2012 assault.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Powerful ex-prosecutor on trial for police beating cover-up

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

Harvey Weinstein, second from right, enters State Supreme Court in New York, Friday, April 26, 2019. Both sides in Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault case want the media and the public barred from the disgraced movie mogul's court appearance. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

The Latest: Harvey Weinstein’s trial delayed until September

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Attorney Benjamin Brafman arrives at New York Supreme Court, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in New York. Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to appear before a New York judge for a hearing transferring his case to a new legal team.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Judge approves changes to Weinstein’s legal team

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 9, 2018 file photo, Harvey Weinstein arrives to court in New York. A New York judge is weighing whether to dismiss Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault case or send it to trial. Judge James Burke is expected to rule Thursday after a flurry of court filings in which Weinstein’s lawyers say the case has devolved into chaos and prosecutors say there’s ample evidence to move forward. The 66-year-old Weinstein is due in court for the hearing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

The Latest: Weinstein judge: No merit in misconduct claims

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Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota leaves the courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. The district attorney in eastern Long Island and a top aide were charged Wednesday with intimidating witnesses in a federal civil rights investigation into the beating of a handcuffed prisoner by a police chief. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Under pressure, indicted prosecutor says he plans to retire

By FRANK ELTMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, center, leaves Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y. Federal authorities say Spota has been indicted in connection with a cover-up in a 2012 police assault case. (AP Photo/John Dunn, File)

Prosecutor indicted in 2012 police brutality cover-up

By FRANK ELTMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2015 file photo, former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke is escorted to a vehicle by FBI personnel outside an FBI office in Melville, N.Y. Federal prosecutors say Burke recruited a long list of accomplices to cover up his precinct house beating of a man suspected of stealing embarrassing items from his SUV, and have signaled that more people, including “high-ranking officials,&quot; could face charges. Burke is to be sentenced Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. (Steve Pfost/Newsday via AP, File)

Former police chief gets nearly 4 years in beating case

By FRANK ELTMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2015 file photo, former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke is escorted to a vehicle by FBI personnel outside an FBI office in Melville, N.Y. Federal prosecutors say Burke recruited a long list of accomplices to cover up his precinct house beating of a man suspected of stealing embarrassing items from his SUV, and have signaled that more people, including “high-ranking officials,&quot; could face charges. Burke is to be sentenced Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. (Steve Pfost/Newsday via AP, File)

The Latest: Ex-chief gets nearly 4 years in beating case

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Ex-police chief seeks no prison time, says his mom is dying

By FRANK ELTMAN - Associated Press

Lawyer: Suburban NY police chief cleared in probe

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