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New Harvey Weinstein Charges Say He Sexually Assaulted Women Two Days in a Row: LA District Attorney
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has just announced new charges against Harvey Weinstein, accusing the former film mogul of raping and sexually assaulting two women. These are new charges separate from the ones in New York he is being tried for in a trial that began just hours earlier Monday.
“Weinstein allegedly went to a hotel and raped a woman after pushing his way inside her room,” a statement from Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey reads. “The next evening, the defendant is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a hotel suite in Beverly Hills.”
Weinstein was charged “with one felony count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint.”
Prosecutors are asking for $5 million bail and say if he is convicted he faces up to 28 years in prison.
Earlier Monday New York magazine reported “at least 100 women have come forward with allegations of sexual assault or harassment against Weinstein.”
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