Judge says the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault case can move forward

A New York judge on Thursday ruled that the sexual assault case against producer Harvey Weinstein can move forward, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Weinstein was arrested in May on six criminal charges over the alleged sexual assault of three women. He pleaded not guilty, and his lawyer has since fought for the case to be dismissed. One woman's charges were dropped in October due to emails that were not shared with a grand jury, per BuzzFeed News, but the other five charges from two women were not dismissed Thursday. Weinstein's lawyer had also alleged misconduct on the part of New York police in his attempt to have the case dismissed, NPR reports.

Outside of this case, Weinstein has been publicly accused of sexual harassment or assault by more than 80 women since last year.

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Weinstein's lawyer after the verdict said that he is still confident that he will be "completely exonerated" when the case goes to trial, CBS News reports. A pretrial hearing has been set for March 7.