A grand jury on Thursday indicted former film producer Harvey Weinstein on further prices, as introduced by a prosecutor throughout a court docket listening to in New York. The small print of the brand new prices haven’t but been disclosed, Reuters reported.
Throughout a listening to on July 9, prosecutors from the Manhattan district lawyer’s workplace introduced their plans to not solely retry Weinstein but additionally to file new prices associated to “further violent sexual assaults” involving extra ladies who’ve agreed to testify.
Decide Curtis Farber, who’s overseeing the case, has scheduled a tentative trial date for November 12. The Manhattan jury beforehand discovered that Weinstein, co-founder of Miramax, sexually assaulted former manufacturing assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and raped aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013.
These circumstances are a part of the broader allegations from over 80 ladies who’ve accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct.
Weinstein was convicted of rape in February 2020. Nonetheless, in April, the New York Court docket of Appeals overturned the conviction, ruling that Weinstein had not acquired a good trial resulting from a choose’s error in allowing testimony from accusers whom he had not been formally charged with assaulting.
The 72-year-old has constantly denied any wrongdoing and has asserted that he by no means engaged in any nonconsensual sexual encounters.
Throughout a listening to on July 9, prosecutors from the Manhattan district lawyer’s workplace introduced their plans to not solely retry Weinstein but additionally to file new prices associated to “further violent sexual assaults” involving extra ladies who’ve agreed to testify.
Decide Curtis Farber, who’s overseeing the case, has scheduled a tentative trial date for November 12. The Manhattan jury beforehand discovered that Weinstein, co-founder of Miramax, sexually assaulted former manufacturing assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and raped aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013.
These circumstances are a part of the broader allegations from over 80 ladies who’ve accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct.
Weinstein was convicted of rape in February 2020. Nonetheless, in April, the New York Court docket of Appeals overturned the conviction, ruling that Weinstein had not acquired a good trial resulting from a choose’s error in allowing testimony from accusers whom he had not been formally charged with assaulting.
The 72-year-old has constantly denied any wrongdoing and has asserted that he by no means engaged in any nonconsensual sexual encounters.
