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Harvey Weinstein faces new sex crimes trial in New York

  • Harvey Weinstein is standing trial on charges of rape and sexual assault in Manhattan, after a state appeals court overturned his 2020 conviction.
  • He faces one rape count and two criminal sexual act counts, with jury selection ongoing and expected to last roughly six weeks.
  • Prosecutors allege that Weinstein sexually assaulted two women in 2006 and 2013, while he denies the allegations and claims all encounters were consensual.
  • The trial will also include a new charge for allegedly assaulting an unidentified woman in 2006, with attorney Lindsay Goldbrum stating that it is a pivotal moment in the fight against sexual abuse.
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Harvey Weinstein, whose fall led in 2017 to the beginning of the global #MeToo wave, found the bench of the accused on Tuesday in New York during a new trial for rape and sexual assault after the resounding annulment of his conviction last year.

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As the former producer returned to the judges in the era of Donald Trump 2.0, the era changed. Justice will revisit some of the accusations relayed by this journalist's investigation in the New Yorker in October 2017.

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Sky News UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
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