{"id":126078,"date":"2024-09-19T01:01:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T01:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/19\/harvey-weinstein-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-charge\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T01:01:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T01:01:39","slug":"harvey-weinstein-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/19\/harvey-weinstein-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new charge"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Harvey Weinstein<\/a> has pleaded not guilty to a new first-degree felony charge.<\/p>\n

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Harvey Weinstein has pleaded not guilty<\/p>\n

The 72-year-old former film producer appeared in a court in Manhattan on Wednesday (18.09.24), as he faced the accusation of sexually assaulting a woman in a New York hotel in 2006.<\/p>\n

Asked for his plea during the hearing, Weinstein said: “Not guilty.”<\/p>\n

Manhattan’s district attorney Alvin Bragg Jr confirmed that Weinstein has been charged with a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree, both of which related to a previous New York State Supreme Court indictment.<\/p>\n

Bragg said: “Thanks to this survivor who bravely came forward, Harvey Weinstein<\/a> now stands indicted for an additional alleged violent sexual assault. This investigation is ongoing. <\/p>\n

\n“If you have been sexually assaulted, I assure you that our team of dedicated prosecutors, investigators, social workers, and many more stand at the ready to support you.”<\/p>\n

\nThe new charges were not part of the case that led to his #MeToo conviction in 2020, which has subsequently been overturned.<\/p>\n

\nThe new indictment charges were only announced last week, shortly after the former producer underwent emergency heart surgery at a hospital in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

\nWeinstein has always insisted that any sexual activity was consensual.<\/p>\n

\nEarlier this month, indecent assault charges against Weinstein in the UK were dropped.<\/p>\n

\nThe disgraced movie mogul – who is currently serving a 16-year sentence after being convicted on three counts of sexual assault in a Los Angeles court in 2022 and awaiting a retrial after his 2020 convictions for first degree criminal sexual assault and third degree rape were overturned in April – had been under investigation by the Crown Prosecution Service.<\/p>\n

\nHowever, the case was recently dropped as there was not a “realistic prospect of conviction”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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