Harvey Weinstein Faces Charges of Sexual Assault and Rape in Los Angeles
Disgraced Hollywood film producer, Harvey Weinstein, has been charged in Los Angeles with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013.
Weinstein, aged 67, now faces new felony charges of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force, and sexual battery by restraint, as stated by Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey.
In a statement, Lacey said, "We believe the evidence will show that the defendant used his power and influence to gain access to his victims and then commit violent crimes against them."
The charges came shortly after Weinstein's court appearance in New York for the start of his criminal trial on similar charges in a separate case. His attorney, Donna Rotunna, e...