Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are making a new attempt to get the New York sexual assault case against him dismissed.

The former Hollywood producer’s attorneys said in a court filing on Monday his indictment was “irreparably tainted by police misconduct”, among other problems.

Weinstein’s attorneys are asking for a dismissal, or a hearing on what they call “the extent of the misconduct”.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office has not immediately responded.

Weinstein was originally charged with assaulting three women. A charge involving one woman was dismissed after prosecutors said a detective advised a witness to suppress doubts concerning whether that alleged encounter was consensual.

Then prosecutors said the same detective told another Weinstein accuser she could delete material from her cellphones before giving them to prosecutors. They said no information was deleted.

(THE GUARDIAN)