Harvey Weinstein has been charged in Los Angeles with rape and sexual assault just as his high-profile sex crimes trial opened in New York
Harvey Weinstein has been charged in Los Angeles with rape and sexual assault in relation to two separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013.
The disgraced movie mogul entered the New York state courthouse today, more than two years after a slew of allegations against him triggered waves of outrage over pervasive sexual assault in the workplace, leading to the downfall of dozens of powerful men. In one testy exchange, Manhattan District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon accused a lead defence attorney, Donna Rotunno, of quoting sealed documents to the press.The judge said pre-screening would begin tomorrow and proper jury selection could be delayed until 14 January, with the proceedings expected to last six to eight weeks.
Former production assistant Mimi Haleyi alleges that the "Pulp Fiction" producer forcibly performed oral sex on her in his New York apartment in July 2006. A conviction would signal a watershed moment in the #MeToo movement's fight against sexual harassment and abuse of power in Hollywood and beyond.
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