By The Way… Harvey Weinstein’s Trial Begins This Week

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The time has come for justice.

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s case will be seen this week, more than two years after the first of over 80 sexual assault allegations against him surfaced.

Harvey’s scandal jumpstarted the #MeToo movement. According to Page Six, the trial process alone could take two weeks because the “notoriety surrounding the high-profile criminal case prompted court officials to send summonses to an unusual 2,000 potential jurors.”

Pre-trial motions begin this morning, and the trial is expected to last six weeks after jury selection.

“This trial is one of the highest-profile the state has seen in a very long time,” said Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the state Office of Court Administration.

We’ll definitely be paying attention — and so will all of Hollywood, we assume.