Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 38
Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul whose alleged sexual misconduct fueled the #MeToo movement, has been indicted on new charges by a New York City grand jury.
The new charges are under seal, prosecutors told a judge in Manhattan criminal court Thursday, adding that they could not yet get into specifics.
NBC News was first to report this month that a grand jury had been convened to hear from women who had come forward with new accusations against Weinstein, 72.
In all, more than 80 women have accused the Oscar-winning ex-producer of sexual assault or harassment. He has repeatedly and vehemently denied those claims, insisting the encounters in question were consensual.
Weinstein was convicted in 2020 of third-degree rape of one woman and first-degree criminal sex act against another woman after a trial in New York, where he was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
But that conviction was overturned in April after a state appellate court, in a 4-3 decision, determined the judge had erred by allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the case.
In addition to the New York case, Weinstein was found guilty of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault in a 2022 trial in Los Angeles, where he was sentenced to 16 years. Weinstein’s legal team is in the process of appealing that conviction.
