Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul whose alleged sexual misconduct fueled the #MeToo movement, has been indicted by a New York City grand jury on new charges, Manhattan prosecutors announced during a court hearing Thursday.
The new charges are confidential, prosecutor Nicole Blumberg told Judge Curtis Farber, who set a trial date for Nov. 12.
NBC News was first to report this month that a grand jury had been convened to hear from women who have made new allegations against the 72-year-old Weinstein.
Weinstein did not appear in court Thursday. He was rushed from Rikers Island Jail to Bellevue Hospital earlier this week for emergency heart surgery. He will be arraigned after he recovers from his medical issues.
In total, more than 80 women have accused the Oscar-winning ex-producer of sexual assault or harassment. He has repeatedly and vehemently denied the allegations, insisting that the encounters in question were consensual.
Weinstein was convicted in 2020 of third-degree rape of a woman and first-degree criminal sexual conduct with another woman. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
But that conviction was overturned in April after a state appeals court ruled by a 4-3 majority that the judge erred by allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the case.
Months later, prosecutors in New York announced they planned to charge Weinstein with the same crimes and possibly file new charges.
In addition to the New York case, Weinstein was found guilty of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault in a 2022 trial in Los Angeles, where he was sentenced to 16 years. Weinstein’s legal team is appealing that conviction.
In the 1990s and 2000s, Weinstein and his younger brother, Bob Weinstein, were titans of the film industry, producing influential independent films like Pulp Fiction and distributing the Oscar-winning dramas The English Patient, Shakespeare in Love and The King’s Speech.
Harvey Weinstein’s reign collapsed in October 2017 when women began coming forward with stories of sexual abuse, inspiring a broader reckoning with abuses of power in the entertainment and other high-profile industries.
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