Harvey Weinstein is due in court in New York as a judge decides on the future of his sexual assault case, which has been clouded by allegations that police acted improperly in the investigation that led to his arrest.

"The justice system has been something very elusive. I hope in this case it works. Because it's all true. None of this was consensual," Rose McGowan said of Harvey Weinstein.

"My job is not to defend behaviour," said Harvey Weinstein's lawyer Benjamin Brafman. "My job is to defend something that is criminal behaviour."