Weinstein, 70, was sentenced to 23 years in prison in March 2020. Supreme Court On charges of sexual offense and rape in New York.
Rosemary Ainslie, director of the British prosecutor’s special crime division, confirmed today that the new charges against her were “confirmed after reviewing evidence gathered by the courts”. Metropolitan Policeof the British capital.
Police said in a statement that both charges were related to events that took place between July 31 and August 31, 1996, and that the alleged victim was a woman who is now between the ages of 50 and 60.
The former Hollywood star producer, whose trial became emblematic of sexual harassment for the Me Too movement, was denied an appeal last week to overturn his weighty conviction.
The jury found him guilty of first degree serious sexual assault two years ago (forced blowjob) in 2006 for third-degree rape of production assistant Mimi Haley and actress, whom she was sentenced to twenty years in prison for. Jessica Mann He was sentenced to three years in prison in 2013.
Weinstein sought to quash the sentence, considering, among other arguments, the following: several women were allowed to testify He said that although these specific charges were not prosecuted in the process, they condemned the alleged abuses.
The British prosecutor’s office today said that the judicial process against him was “active” in the United Kingdom and that the American “You have the right to a fair trial.”