Chicago-based attorneys Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis notified the court that they’ve been retained by Weinstein in documents dated Monday, June 24, and made public by the court clerk’s office Wednesday.
The pair are joining Weinstein’s New York-based defense attorney, Arthur Aidala, who earlier this week submitted a motion to dismiss two of the five charges against Weinstein. The two new attorneys understand that the September 9, 2019, trial date is “non-negotiable,” according to the court documents.
“First, Mr. Weinstein has engaged in behavior that makes this representation unreasonably difficult to carry out effectively and has insisted upon taking actions with which I have fundamental disagreements,” Baez said in the filing.
Weinstein faces five felony charges, including rape and sexual assault, for allegedly raping a woman in a New York hotel room in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on another woman at his Manhattan apartment in 2006.
Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to all charges and maintains that sexual relationships with his accusers were consensual.
Source : Nbcnewyork