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A New York expansive assemblage has indicted disgraced movie shaper Harvey Weinstein connected caller intersexual battle charges astir 5 months aft his 2020 rape condemnation was overturned.
Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 16 Years successful LA Rape Case
Harvey Weinstein is facing much ineligible trouble.
The disgraced movie shaper has been indicted by a New York City expansive assemblage connected caller intersexual battle charges, prosecutors announced during a Sept. 12 tribunal hearing, according to NBC News.
The caller indictment is nether seal, authoritative Nicole Blumberg stated per the outlet and nary further specifics are known. The proceedings day is acceptable for Nov. 12.
Weinstein was not contiguous successful tribunal for the hearing, which comes days aft helium was taken from Rikers Island jailhouse and hospitalized for exigency bosom surgery. According to NBC News, his arraignment volition beryllium finalized aft helium recovers from his wellness battle.
E! News has reached retired to Weinstein's attorneys for remark and has not yet heard back.
The latest charges brought against the 72-year-old comes aft the New York Court of Appeals announced successful April that Weinstein's 2020 rape condemnation had been overturned, ordering a caller proceedings for the producer, who was antecedently sentenced to 23 years successful situation successful the case.
In the determination antecedently obtained by E! News, the state's highest tribunal noted that the "trial tribunal erroneously admitted grounds of uncharged, alleged anterior intersexual acts against persons different than the complainants of the underlying crimes due to the fact that that grounds served nary worldly non-propensity purpose."
At the time, Weinstein's lawyer Arthur Aidala told the New York Times the improvement was "not conscionable a triumph for Mr. Weinstein, but for each transgression suspect successful the authorities of New York, and we compliment the Court of Appeals for upholding the astir basal principles that a transgression suspect should person successful a trial."
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However, a Manhattan DA spokesperson told NBC News astatine the time, "We volition bash everything successful our powerfulness to retry this case, and stay steadfast successful our committedness to survivors of intersexual assault."
In summation to receiving 20 years successful situation with 5 years of post-release supervision for transgression intersexual enactment successful the archetypal degree, Weinstein was besides sentenced to 3 years successful situation with 5 years of post-release supervision for rape successful the 3rd degree, NBC News reported astatine the clip and was ordered to service these sentences consecutively.
Three years later, successful February 2023, Weinstein was sentenced by a Los Angeles assemblage separately to 16 years successful situation for 1 number of forcible rape and 2 counts of intersexual assault.
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