- Harvey Weinstein’s “all star” white collar legal team has fallen apart less than three months before the fallen movie kingpin is due to go on trial for sexual assault in New York. Top criminal defense lawyer Jose Baez asked a State Supreme Court justice in Manhattan to let him to withdraw from Weinstein’s case, citing disagreements with his client, and payment issues, according to reports. (PageSix.com)
- Baez heads for the exit about a month after Weinstein lost Harvard University Law professor Ron Sullivan, who left after the school removed him as faculty dean, amidst campus protests over his ...