Once one of Hollywood's most powerful producers, 67-year-old Harvey Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting two women in New York. He faces life in prison if convicted on the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault.
The rape trial of Harvey Weinstein, the former movie mogul who transformed the independent film world and was responsible for dozens of award-winning movies, begins this week in Manhattan.
Those accusations helped fuel the #MeToo movement, in which hundreds of women have publicly accused powerful men in business, politics, the news media and entertainment of sexual harassment or assault.Jury selection in the case, which will take place in state court in Manhattan, is expected to begin tomorrow following a pretrial conference today, according to Danny Frost, a spokesman for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, whose office brought the charges.
"First and foremost, this trial is important for the dozens of women who have experienced sexual assault or harassment at the hands of Harvey Weinstein," said Tina Tchen, the president of Time's Up Foundation, which was founded in the wake of the Weinstein allegations. Allegations against Mr Weinstein first were reported in the New York Times and The New Yorker magazine in October 2017.
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