Los Angeles district attorney Weinstein will be taken to Los Angeles, but his lawyer, Norman Effman, told TMZ that the former film maker will fight the lawsuit.
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Effman told the media outlet that Weinstein thought his fitness would be in danger if he spent time in a criminal in Los Angeles. He’s already serving a 23-year sentence in New York.
At TheNde Correctional Center in New York State, Weinstein tested positive for coronavirus in March and recovered. Wende has a low infection rate and therefore no coVID deaths.
Effman said Weinstein is absolutely not fighting extradition, he just wanted to wait for the infection rate to drop in Los Angeles. Weinstein intended to leave for Los Angeles in May, but the pandemic delayed his trial.
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A new one is scheduled for this week to respond to Weinstein’s request.
In March, Weinstein was convicted through a New York court for committing a first-degree criminal sex act and third-degree rape. In Los Angeles, he faces five counts of coercive sexual violence, forced rape, sexual penetration through the use of force, sexual violence and forced oral copulation.
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As of Monday, there were more than 209,000 shown coronavirus in Los Angeles County and more than 4,900 deaths.