Harvey Weinstein hit with third sexual assault case in Los Angeles

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Harvey Weinstein hit with third sexual assault case in Los Angeles

By Steve Gorman

 

FILE PHOTO: Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at the New York Criminal Court during his ongoing sexual assault trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein was charged in Los Angeles on Friday with a third sexual assault case, and prosecutors there said they have started the process of seeking his extradition from New York, where the former film producer is serving prison time for rape.

 

The onetime Hollywood mogul, who tested positive for the coronavirus soon after being incarcerated in upstate New York but has since recovered, was newly charged with a single felony count of sexual battery by restraint.

 

The 68-year-old had already been charged in Los Angeles with rape, sexual penetration by force and forcible oral copulation for an alleged encounter with one woman, and with sexual battery of a second woman, both in February of 2013.

 

The latest case stems from an incident that occurred in May 2010 at a Beverly Hills hotel, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a statement accompanying the amended five-count criminal complaint that contained the new charge.

 

Weinstein's spokesman, Juda Engelmayer, declined to comment until he was able to reach Weinstein's lawyers.

Weinstein's attorneys could not immediately be reached by Reuters.

 

More than 100 women have accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct stretching back decades. He has denied the allegations, saying any sex was consensual. 

 

The revised criminal complaint filed on Friday says Weinstein touched "an intimate part" of the victim while she was restrained against her will by the film producer and an unnamed accomplice.

 

None of the three women cited as Weinstein's accusers is identified in court papers.

 

The third accuser was interviewed by law enforcement in October as a possible corroborating witness in other complaints, and provided detectives last month "with information confirming that the assault took place within the 10-year statute of limitation," prosecutors said in their statement.

 

The district attorney's office also announced on Friday that two other cases involving Weinstein were declined for prosecution "because the victims did not want to testify against the defendant in this case."

 

Prosecutors in Los Angeles have initiated a request for temporary custody of Weinstein from New York state as they begin the extradition process, the statement said. He is to be arraigned on the Los Angeles charges once he arrives.

 

If convicted as charged in the revised complaint, Weinstein faces up to 29 years in prison, according to the statement.

 

He was sentenced on March 11 in Manhattan criminal court to 23 years in prison for sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi and raping Jessica Mann, a onetime aspiring actress. His conviction was hailed as a victory for the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct by powerful men.

 

(Reporting by Steve Gorman; Editing by Daniel Wallis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-04-11

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[BritManToo]

Poor chap.

[Henryvee]

2010 only reported now 

... it’s 10 years later .. why wait so long ?

 

[timendres]

Now they're just piling on. He is in prison until he is 93 years old. Done and dusted.

[spiekerjozef]

Time to bring out the aluminium Zimmer, walking rack, again...

[rasmus5150]

4 hours ago, Henryvee said:

2010 only reported now 

... it’s 10 years later .. why wait so long ?

 

Afraid of repercussion and zero chance of working in the movie industry .......

[bartender100]

He must have had small penis syndrome

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7954905/Harvey-Weinstein-says-woman-accusing-rape-gave-perfect-description-genitals.html

 

 

[Cryingdick]

15 hours ago, timendres said:

Now they're just piling on. He is in prison until he is 93 years old. Done and dusted.

 

Because the criminal justice system doesn't have enough cases to handle already. I am going to guess the motivation will be to get money out of this, call me cynical.

[giddyup]

14 hours ago, rasmus5150 said:

Afraid of repercussion and zero chance of working in the movie industry .......

Or just p*ssed off that they didn't get the movie parts that were promised?

Edited April 12, 2020 by giddyup

[giddyup]

3 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

 

Because the criminal justice system doesn't have enough cases to handle already. I am going to guess the motivation will be to get money out of this, call me cynical.

No, you are spot on. How on earth do you prove that someone molested you 10 years ago? Just jump on the bandwagon and hope to get a slice of the pie?

[RickTik]

Harvey Weinstein's buds still "walking". ????

Are any of them UP for being a moderator?

They have all partied in Thailand. ????

Edited April 12, 2020 by RickTik
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[phantomfiddler]

17 minutes ago, RickTik said:

Harvey Weinstein's buds still "walking". ????

Are any of them UP for being a moderator?

They have all partied in Thailand. ????

If my photo had been taken and circulated in the company of those four, I would not be surprised to find myself locked up and the key thrown away ????

[phkauf]

1 hour ago, RickTik said:

Harvey Weinstein's buds still "walking". ????

Are any of them UP for being a moderator?

They have all partied in Thailand. ????

It's convenient the news has completely forgotten his association with those pictured, as well as the fact he employed Obama's oldest daughter as an intern at one time. But if there was a single picture of him with Trump in the far distance that would be printed every single time. 

Just like with that pedophile Epstein, CNBC always printed the one picture with Epstein and Trump, yet never one of the many of pictures of Epstein with Clinton.  

I for one am delighted he is finally getting what's coming to him. It's a shame he recovered from the Wuhan Virus.

[Mac98]

11 minutes ago, phkauf said:

It's convenient the news has completely forgotten his association with those pictured, as well as the fact he employed Obama's oldest daughter as an intern at one time. But if there was a single picture of him with Trump in the far distance that would be printed every single time. 

Just like with that pedophile Epstein, CNBC always printed the one picture with Epstein and Trump, yet never one of the many of pictures of Epstein with Clinton.  

I for one am delighted he is finally getting what's coming to him. It's a shame he recovered from the Wuhan Virus.

One picture of Epstein and Trump? There are many going back decades, including at a teen beauty contest. The above pics are obvious fund-raising pictures that supporters pay for, not the back slapping, leering frat boy Trump-Epstein pics.

[pacovl46]

23 hours ago, Henryvee said:

2010 only reported now 

... it’s 10 years later .. why wait so long ?

 

For the same reason lots of people in the industry just came out now. Weinstein was extremely powerful and he could make or break your career. Then there’s also the issue of being able to prove it. In most cases there were just the two of them in the room. And then there’s the shame factor as well. Some victims just don’t want it to be known that they were raped and it takes time for them to mentally get ready. It’s a difficult subject. 

[BritManToo]

21 minutes ago, pacovl46 said:

In most cases there were just the two of them in the room.

Never be alone in a room with a man you aren't 'interested' in.

Not really a hard rule to follow, yet these 'ladies' still go to men's hotel rooms alone and are 'surprised'.

Edited April 12, 2020 by BritManToo

[pacovl46]

5 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Never be alone in a room with a man you aren't 'interested' in.

Not really a hard rule to follow, yet these 'ladies' still go to men's hotel rooms alone and are 'surprised'.

Oh, ‘ladies’! So you mean a woman who has casual sex with men is a slut, but when men do it they’re massive studs, right?!

 

Also, just because a woman goes to a man’s hotel room doesn’t mean she wants to have sex! That’s like saying ‘well, she wore a mini skirt, no wonder she got raped’! 
 

The “official” reason he asked them to come to his room was to go over movie parts. 
 

By the way, people conduct normal business in hotel rooms all the time!