Weinstein faces pretrial hearing as prosecutors seek to combine sex crime cases

Harvey Weinstein is scheduled for a pretrial hearing in New York on Wednesday. The hearing will address a request from prosecutors to combine his existing sex crime case with a new charge filed in September. The new charge accuses Weinstein of forcing oral sex on a woman in 2006. Weinstein, who has pleaded not guilty, is already facing retrial for separate allegations from the same year and another from 2013. Prosecutors argue that combining the cases would be more efficient, while Weinstein's legal team opposes this, claiming it expands the scope of the retrial. The trial, originally set for November 12, may be delayed as both sides seek more preparation time.