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"We firmly believe that Mr Assange never should have been charged under the Espionage Act", says Barry Pollack, lawyer for Julian Assange outside a court in the Northern Mariana Islands, a Pacific US territory. A US judge freed Assange on Wednesday in a plea deal that ended years of legal drama for the WikiLeaks founder, long wanted by Washington for revealing military secrets. IMAGES
"We knew that Harvey Weinstein did not get a fair trial," the disgraced Hollywood producer's attorney tells reporters after a New York court overturned Weinstein's 2020 conviction on sex crime charges. IMAGES
"That sentence that was just handed down by this court was obscene, that number was obnoxious," says Donna Rotunno, Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer, after he is sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault in a landmark case for the #MeToo movement. SOUNDBITE
"We intend to continue to vigorously defend this case ... and we remain confident, despite the court's ruling today, that ultimately, at a trial of this case, Mr Weinstein will be completely exonerated" says Harvey Weinstein's attorney Ben Brafman after a brief court hearing in Manhattan. SOUNDBITE
"The DA threw away Lucia's claims, but this says nothing about Weinstein's innocence, nor does it reflect on Lucia's consistent allegation that she was sexually assaulted with force by Harvey Weinstein" says the lawyer representing Lucia Evans. She was speaking after a judge in New York dismissed a charge against Harvey Weinstein that related to her client. SOUNDBITE
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