Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein stays in custody in New York as he awaits a brand new trial on rape and sexual assault prices in Manhattan. | Photograph credit score: AP
British prosecutors have determined to not pursue felony prices of sexual assault towards former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
The Crown Prosecution Service stated on Thursday (5 September 2024) that it had determined to droop proceedings towards Weinstein as a result of “there isn’t a longer a sensible prospect of conviction”.
“Now we have defined our determination to all events,” the prosecutor’s workplace stated in an announcement. “We at all times encourage any potential sufferer of sexual assault to come back ahead and report back to the police and we’ll prosecute those that meet the authorized necessities.”
The CPS had beforehand given police permission to cost Weinstein in reference to an alleged sexual assault in London in 1996.
Weinstein stays in custody in New York as he awaits a brand new trial on rape and sexual assault prices in Manhattan, prosecutors stated in August after the previous film mogul made a quick court docket look in reference to California’s request to extradite him there.
After the retrial, he’ll start serving a 16-year sentence in California for a rape conviction in Los Angeles, authorities stated. Weinstein, who has denied raping or sexually assaulting anybody, was convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 whereas already serving a 23-year sentence in New York.
His 2020 conviction in Manhattan was overturned this spring by the state’s excessive court docket, which dominated that the choose within the authentic trial unfairly allowed testimony towards Weinstein based mostly on allegations that weren’t a part of the case.
Printed – September 05, 2024 05:58 pm IST
