Harvey Weinstein faces more sexual assault investigations: US prosecutors
Al Jazeera
Prosecutors say they are seeking a new indictment against disgraced Hollywood movie producer over sexual assault claims.
Prosecutors in the United States have said they anticipate a November retrial for Harvey Weinstein as they investigate “additional violent sexual assaults” they say were committed by the disgraced Hollywood movie producer.
Prosecutor Nicole Blumberg said in a hearing in New York state criminal court in Manhattan on Tuesday that the additional assaults Weinstein is accused of committing were still within the statute of limitations to be charged as crimes.
She told Justice Curtis Farber that prosecutors have not yet brought their findings to a grand jury and said she could not provide the court with a timeline for when their investigation will be complete.
“The people are still investigating in a trauma-informed matter,” Blumberg said. “That is an ongoing process.”
Weinstein was found guilty of rape and sexual assault in 2020 in a milestone for the #MeToo movement, in which women accused hundreds of men in entertainment, media, politics and other fields of sexual misconduct.
