Harvey Weinstein indicted in California on sexual assault charges
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Case accuses ex-Hollywood film producer of alleged attacks on five women from 2004 to 2013 in the Los Angeles area.
Harvey Weinstein has been indicted in California on sexual assault charges, one of his lawyers said on Monday, as the former Hollywood film producer appeared in a New York court proceeding over whether to extradite him. Weinstein, 69, appeared via video link from the Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, for the hearing before Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case. Weinstein has been appealing his February 2020 conviction in Manhattan and 23-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi and raping former aspiring actress Jessica Mann.More Related News