United Kingdom, Jan. 29 -- Harvey Weinstein has "begged" the court for an earlier start date for his trial.

The 72-year-old disgraced movie mogul - who is currently serving a 16-year sentence after being convicted on rape and sexual assault charges in Los Angeles in 2022 and awaiting a retrial after his 2020 convictions in New York for first-degree criminal sexual assault and third-degree rape were overturned - is battling cancer and on Wednesday (29.01.25), asked the judge to bring forward his trial from its current scheduled date of April 15.

According to UsWeekly, he told Judge Curtis J. Farber: "I'm asking and begging you to switch.

"I can't hold on anymore. I'm holding on because I want justice for myself.

"I'm in a serious emerg...