Now that his New York sex crime convictions have been overturned, disgraced former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein will go through hearings on bail and learn if he will be extradited to California, where he was found guilty on other sexual offenses, according to a legal expert.
Michael Bachner, a former prosecutor in the Manhattan’s DA office, told The Post that Weinstein will likely seek bail following the court’s decision in order to walk out of the Mohawk Correctional Facility, where he has been held following his 2020 trial.
“Procedurally his lawyers are going to make a request, to either the trial court or appellate court, for bail on the grounds that his conviction has been reversed,” Bachner said.
Weinstein, 72, saw has been serving a 23-year sentence in New York following his conviction on charges of criminal sex act for forcibly performing oral sex on former “Project Runway” production assistant Miriam “Mimi” Haleyi in 2006 and raping hairstylist Jessica Mann in 2013.
The former Hollywood producer, however, may also undergo a separate hearing to be moved to Los Angeles pending his retrial in New York, Bachner added.
Weinstein was sentenced in February 2023 to 16 years in prison in a separate Los Angeles criminal case for raping an Italian model at a film festival in 2013. The sentence was meant to be served concurrently with his New York conviction.
Bachner said the ball was in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office on whether or not to retry Weinstein and whether or not they’ll seek to keep him in New York.
A spokesperson for the DA Alvin Braggs’ office told The Post it will seek a retrial for Weinstein.
“We will do everything in our power to retry this case, and remain steadfast in our commitment to survivors of sexual assault,” the spokesperson said.
The DA’s office did not give a timeline on how the Weinstein case will proceed, nor did it comment on whether it will seek to extradite him to Los Angeles.
Bachner said the decision could be made in the coming days, but could ultimately take weeks to coordinate.
The new trial itself will likely take months, Bachner added, as the DA’s office is currently in the middle of former Donald Trump’s criminal trial.