A federal judge approved a motion on Friday to consolidate the charges in the criminal trial for Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul who has been accused by several women of rape and sexual assault.
Weinstein, whose trial is set for Jan. 6, 2020, was previously indicted last month on two new charges of predatory sexual assault following testimony from the actress Annabella Sciorra, who has said she was raped by Weinstein in 1993.
The consolidation, which was voluntarily requested by the district attorney’s office, dismisses prosecutors’ earlier charges of predatory sexual assault and essentially replaces them with the two new charges of predatory sexual assault that were included in the indictment last month.