Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to sexual assaults in California
The Hindu
The disgraced movie mogul now awaits a second trial on a second coast, and the possibility of another lengthy sentence
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday to four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts. . Sheriff’s deputies brought the 69-year-old convicted rapist into court in a wheelchair. He was wearing a brown jail jumpsuit and face mask. Attorney Mark Werksman entered the plea for the disgraced movie mogul a day after Weinstein was extradited to California from New York, where he was serving a 23-year prison term.
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