Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer Benjamin Brafman said Friday that his client will enter a plea of not guilty and expects to be exonerated by the end of the proceedings.
“Mr. Weinstein will enter a plea of not guilty. We intend to move very quickly to dismiss these charges. We believe they are constitutionally flawed. We believe they are not factually supported by the evidence, and we believe that at the end of the process Mr. Weinstein will be exonerated,” Brafman told press in New York Friday.
Weinstein voluntarily turned himself in to New York police Friday morning amid an investigation into multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and assault, including rape, that came out last year.
“He voluntarily surrendered this morning and we have met all of the bail conditions by agreement so we would not have extended court proceedings,” Brafman said, including that the bail was set at $1 million.
During the press conference, Brafman said that Weinstein maintains that any sexual activity he engaged in was consensual.
“Someone inside asked me how Mr. Weinstein feels this morning, and my response was, ‘as well as you can be expected when you are accused of a crime you vehemently deny having committed,’” Brafman said.
He added that “the charges will not be believed by 12 people, assuming we get 12 fair people that are not consumed by the movement that has overtaken this case.”
