Harvey Weinstein Is Charged With Rape by LA Prosecutors

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Published on January 6, 2020 - Duration: 01:01s

Harvey Weinstein Is Charged With Rape by LA Prosecutors

Harvey Weinstein Is Charged With Rape by LA Prosecutors .

The LA County district attorney announced the felony charges against the disgraced movie mogul on Monday.

They include other sex crimes involving two women.

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, Jackie Lacey, LA District Attorney, via 'The New York Times'.

The alleged assaults occurred in 2013.

Weinstein is currently on trial in New York for similar sex crime charges.

He maintains that the nature of the sexual relations from which the charges have arisen were consensual.

Sexual misconduct allegations against Weinstein led to an explosion of the #MeToo movement in 2017


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