Judge Refuses To Drop Criminal Charges Against Harvey Weinstein

Harvey Weinstein. We haven’t talked about that creepy perv of a human in a while. It’s been nice. What’s he up to?

WATCH: Harvey Weinstein arrives at court in Manhattan for key pretrial hearing. pic.twitter.com/hSFSzCZPg7

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 20, 2018

A judge just delivered a Christmas present his way. And by Christmas present, I mean the judge refused to drop the criminal charges against Weinstein.

This means the case is moving forward. There’s no reason it shouldn’t.

The judge overseeing Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault case has found there’s no merit in defense claims of misconduct by prosecutors and police.

Judge James Burke issued the findings Thursday while declining to dismiss charges against the 66-year-old disgraced Hollywood mogul.

Weinstein’s lawyers argued the case had been “irreparably tainted” by a detective’s alleged coaching of a potential witness and one of the accusers. They also said the grand jury should have been shown evidence that Weinstein had exchanged friendly emails with two accusers after the alleged attacks.

Prosecutors insist their case is strong.

Defense attorney Benjamin Brafman says he remains confident Weinstein will be “completely exonerated.”

WATCH NOW: Lawyer for Harvey Weinstein speaks to reporters after judge denies defense motion to have sexual assault case dismissed https://t.co/TxjISpTdan pic.twitter.com/mKIeDe3Jic

— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 20, 2018

HA– OK. What’s he smoking?

Anyway, there you have it. The case will move forward.