Harvey Weinstein gave a rare interview to New York’s local Fox station on Friday as his retrial for charges of first-degree sexual assault and third-degree rape nears its end. “I regret [that] I put my family through this, that I put my wife through this, that I acted immorally, that I put so many friends through this,” he said. “I hurt people that were close to me by actions that were stupid but never illegal, never criminal, never anything.”

The former producer also said that his attorney, Arthur Aidala, advised him not to take the stand in his own defense during the trial. “I desperately wanted to,” he said. “Arthur said to me that the jury … understood our case and would be sympathetic to our case, and that the D.A. would try to rip me apart if I took the stand. I’m not afraid of t

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