Harvey Weinstein Won’t Be Sent Back to California While He Awaits New York Rape Retrial

Harvey Weinstein Won’t Be Sent Back to California While He Awaits New York Rape Retrial
Harvey Weinstein appears in Queens criminal court in New York on May 9, 2024. Julia Nikhinson/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—Harvey Weinstein will remain locked up in New York as a court works out whether he should stay in a city jail while awaiting retrial or be sent to California to serve his prison sentence for rape there.

The fallen movie mogul, who showed up for the hearing in a wheelchair and wearing a dark suit, did not consent to California’s extradition request during a brief court hearing Thursday. The 72-year-old will remain behind bars at the Rikers Island jail, where he was returned to from a city hospital just days ago.