Harvey Weinstein was charged Friday with the rape of two extra ladies, Los Angeles County prosecutors stated.
Weinstein was charged with three counts of rape and three counts of forcible oral copulation involving the 2 ladies, the district legal professional’s workplace stated.
A prison criticism alleges Weinstein raped a lady at a resort in Beverly Hills between September 2004 and September 2005, and raped one other girl twice between November 2009 and November 2010 at a Beverly Hills resort.
Weinstein spokesman Juda Engelmayer stated, “Harvey Weinstein has all the time maintained that all of his bodily encounters all through his complete life have been consensual. That hasn’t modified. At this second we can not touch upon the extra fees till we study extra about them.”
The brand new fees imply Weinstein is now charged with 11 felony counts in Los Angeles County, involving 5 ladies.
The 68-year-old former film mogul is serving a 23-year jail sentence in New York on convictions for rape and sexual assault towards two ladies.
Prosecutors in Los Angeles have begun the method of extraditing him, however agreed final month to delay makes an attempt to deliver him to California due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Weinstein was recognized with COVID-19 earlier this 12 months whereas serving time in a maximum-security jail close to Buffalo, New York.
One other extradition listening to is scheduled for Dec. 11.
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