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Harvey Weinstein wants to “exonerate himself.”

The pervy producer asked a bankruptcy court judge on Friday to order the Weinstein Co. to hand over personal emails and files so he can defend himself against civil and criminal investigations in Los Angeles and New York.

The bankrupt Weinstein Co. violated the embattled 66-year-old’s due process rights, “depriving” him from being able to “properly defend himself,” court papers claim.

“The debtors’ continued refusal to permit Mr. Weinstein to access these emails has significantly impinged his ability to effectively defend himself from these allegations, and is a continuing deprivation of his due process rights,” lawyers for Weinstein said.

The portly executive said he only gained access to a “handful” of emails related to a pending investigation, which defense lawyers presented to authorities as evidence to cast events more “favorably.”

The Hollywood horndog asked the court to have continued access to correspondence in order to mount his defense.

“Without these exculpatory e-mails, Mr. Weinstein’s ability to refute the charges being levied against him is significantly inhibited, and he is deprived of due process in that he cannot properly defend himself against these investigations,” court papers said.

Quickly resolving the criminal investigations and civil litigations is in the interest of the bankrupt studio because it would limit potential liability, claim the papers, aimed at TWC’s board — which includes Harvey’s brother, Bob.

Shortly after Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment by a slew of Hollywood starlets, the mogul was fired from his company, which eventually filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Amid mounting sexual harassment lawsuits, the disgraced Weinstein has kept a relatively low profile.

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