Harvey Weinstein Under Investigation for Additional Sexual Assaults, Prosecutor Says

Published on July 10, 2024

NEW YORK—Prosecutors are probing “additional violent sexual assaults” they say former Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein committed and intend to seek a new indictment after his previous conviction was overturned, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. Prosecutor Nicole Blumberg said in a hearing before Justice Curtis Farber in New York state criminal court in Manhattan that the additional assaults Mr. Weinstein allegedly committed were still within the statute of limitations to be charged as crimes. Mr. Weinstein was found guilty on rape allegations in 2020. A jury found the 72-year-old Miramax film studio co-founder sexually assaulted former production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and raped aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013. They are among more than 80 women who have accused him of sexual misconduct....

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