Harvey Weinstein could face new charges. According to the American news agency Associated Press, Manhattan prosecutors have received new complaints of sexual assault filed against the former Hollywood producer.
During a hearing on Wednesday, May 28, Deputy District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said the courts were studying these allegations, and that some victims could be called to testify in a new trial. The next hearing is set for July 9.
A new trial is expected
In late April, a New York appeals court Overturned the rape and sexual assault conviction of former Hollywood star producer Harvey Weinstein. in 2020 in this state, and ordered a new trial. He has been sentenced to 23 years in prison.
This conviction was a victory for #MeToo. The movement against violence against women was triggered in 2017 by revelations about the producer, whose influence in Hollywood was immense. Harvey Weinstein had only publicly acknowledged consensual relationships and had appealed.
The New York Court of Appeals, which overturned the conviction, cited “procedural errors” allegedly committed during the 2020 trial. In detail, it admitted that testimony relating to events other than those committed against the complainants had been “erroneously” admitted.
The former star Hollywood producer is still behind bars anyway, because He was sentenced to 16 years in prison in February 2023 during a second trial in Los Angeles for rape and sexual assault of a European model at a Beverly Hills hotel in 2013.
Source: BFM TV
