Harvey Weinstein violated the terms of his release, prosecutors say

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Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal: What happened?

A look at the sexual harassment allegations made against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and what’s next for him

Harvey Weinstein violated the conditions of his release, prosecutors said Friday as they asked a judge to hike the disgraced producer’s bond from $1 million to $5 million.

Weinstein, 67, looked ashen in a light gray suit, as he limped into Manhattan Supreme Court with help from his team of defense lawyers.

Assistant DA Joan Illuzzi-Orbon said that Weinstein has been untrackable on at least 56 separate occasions — including during an Oct. 16 outing in Manhattan. He has a two-part device: a bracelet and a signaling device.

“The bottom line, judge, is this man could fly out on a private jet which he does and go to another country,” she said, asking for the increase to either $5 million cash, $10 million insurance company bond or $50 million security bond. She said he’s sold $60 million in property in the last two years, flies private and is a serious flight risk.

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Defense lawyer Donna Rotunno insisted that he’s never willfully violated the bail terms, and that there aren’t enough cell towers near his home in Bedford to maintain the device’s connection.  But she admitted he forgot to bring the signaling device on one Manhattan excursion.

Harvey Weinstein exits the courtroom after a hearing in State Supreme Court on April 26, 2019 in New York City. Weinstein is facing rape and sexual assault charges from two separate incidents. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

She also said that Weinstein has two ex-wives and a company that went bankrupt. “He doesn’t have anywhere near the financial windfall she says he has,” she told the court.

Justice James Burke ordered the parties back to court on Wednesday when he’ll make his ruling.

Weinstein is slated to go trial Jan. 6 and faces up to life in prison on five counts of predatory sexual assault, criminal sex act and rape involving allegations from three women.

The disgraced producer was dragged back into court Friday to modify his bail conditions in light of the new bail reform laws going into effect Jan. 1.

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An obscure provision of the legislation signed by Gov. Cuomo earlier this year requires that only government agencies or nonprofits provide court-ordered electronic monitoring of defendants who remain free awaiting trial.

Harvey Weinstein enters State Supreme Court in New York. Weinstein’s lawyers want the trial over the sexual assault case against the disgraced movie mogul moved from New York City to Long Island or upstate New York because of a blizzard of pretrial publicity. An appeals court could rule on the request as early as Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

That would mean that Burke can no longer order that Weinstein wear an ankle bracelet as part of his bail package.

The Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice is scrambling to set up the ankle bracelet program through a vendor, but it is not available yet and likely won’t be for months, sources told The Post.

Bail bondsman Ira Judelson said that while not court-ordered he will require Weinstein to wear the monitor as a condition of his writing the larger bond. Weinstein pays Judelson about  $7,500 a year for the monitoring service.

The ankle bracelet is programmed to alert authorities if a defendant leaves a clearly defined geographic area.

Weinstein is charged with two counts of predatory sexual assault in connection to the rape of “The Sopranos” actress Annabella Sciorra, 59, sometime between late 1993 and early 1994.

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He’s also accused of forcibly performing oral sex on production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006 and raping a longtime lover, who hasn’t come forward publicly, in 2013.