Former writer and producer of the hospital series scrubsEric Weinberg is being prosecuted for multiple sexual assault cases, the Los Angeles prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday, five years after the start of the #MeToo movement that deeply shocked Hollywood.
Also series producer CalifornicationEric Weinberg “used his reputation in Hollywood to lure young women into photo shoots where he is suspected of sexually assaulting them,” Los Angeles prosecutor Georges Gascon said. The investigation affects five women for assaults between 2014 and 2019.
“Dozens of potential victims”
According to the prosecution, Eric Weinberg approached women twice in 2014, posing as a photographer, before sexually assaulting them in his home. “In 2017, the defendant used the same trick” with another young woman, according to a press release.
“Since his arrest in July, dozens of potential victims have contacted the police,” said the prosecution, which will review each new case for possible further prosecution. Contacted by AFP, the filmmaker’s lawyers were not immediately available.
Denied Charges
According to hollywood reporterHis defense has already refuted these accusations and explained that the screenwriter will explain himself “if necessary, in the only place that matters: a public court.”
These demands were announced on the anniversary of the #MeToo movement, exactly five years after publication by the New York Times of an investigation into rape charges against Harvey Weinstein, then a key Hollywood producer. Since then, millions of women have taken up this keyword in many countries to denounce sexual violence and environmental sexism.
Already sentenced to 23 years in prison in a trial in New York, Harvey Weinstein, who continues to claim his innocence, will also be tried as of Monday in a new trial in Los Angeles.
Source: BFM TV
