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rape allegations in New York
Friday, May 25, 2018 –
6:44am
Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to hand
himself in later today to face rape charges, according to New York
police.
The New York Times, citing an anonymous law
enforcement source, says Weinstein, 66, will be charged with
“first-degree rape and third-degree rape in one case, and with
first-degree criminal sex act in another”.
While the victim in the rape case has not been publicly
identified, the second charge stems from an encounter between
Weinstein and the actor Lucia Evans, who says he forced her to
perform oral sex.
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Evans told investigators that the alleged offence occurred
during what she thought was a casting meeting at the New York
office of film production company Miramax.
The charges will be the first since a torrent of sexual assault,
misconduct and harassment allegations against Weinstein triggered
the #MeToo movement.
Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.
But he also remains “under investigation for alleged sex crimes
in Los Angeles and London”, says CNN, and “federal prosecutors in New York have
started a sex-crimes investigation involving Weinstein”.
The actor Rose McGowan, who has also accused Weinstein, released
a statement in response to the news.
“I, and so many of Harvey Weinstein’s survivors, had given up
hope that our rapist would be held accountable by law,” she said.
”Twenty years ago, I swore that I would right this wrong. Today we
are one step closer to justice.”
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