A judge on Friday set Harvey Weinstein's retrial onrape and sexual assault chargesto tentatively start on Nov. 12.
Prosecutors have been preparing to retry Weinstein since the New York Court of Appeals overturned his 2020 rape conviction .
Weinstein wassentenced to 23 years in prisonafter a juryfound him guiltyof raping an actress in New York in 2013 and forcing oral sex on a former production assistant in 2006.
The state's high court found the judge presiding over the case made a mistake by allowing prosecutors to call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him.
Prosecutors at Weinstein's last court appearance on July 9 saidthey're seeking a new indictmentand intend to present new evidence to a grand jury aftermore women agreed to testifyagainst the disgraced movie mogul.
Weinstein briefly appeared in court after a delay of over 90 minutes, which the judge said was due to theglobal Microsoft outagecaused by a CrowdStrike update.
"Our technology and software analysts are hard at work assessing the Unified Court System's digital networks and infrastructure to try to diagnose the potential impacts and deliver solutions to the widespread Microsoft outage issues that have emerged today. While no significant disruptions to in-person, courthouse operations are being confronted so far, our technology professionals are still in the preliminary stages of their work to assist staff around the state with disrupted interactivity issues. The Court, and its employees, are working collaboratively with all stakeholders through this crisis and remain committed to ensuring the highest levels of justice delivery and access to our judiciary system across New York State," a spokesperson for the New York Office of Court Administration told CBS New York in a statement.
Weinstein has remained behind bars because of his2022 rape conviction in Los Angeles. He maintains all encounters were consensual.
This story originally published to CBS News on Friday, July 19 at 3:26 p.m. ET.
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