The Manhattan District Attorney’s office and NYPD have a deal in which Weinstein,the Hollywood mongol, will surrender on Friday to answered charges of unwanted sexual actions…A Grand Jury has been hearing testimony from several women…..
A parallel investigation is said ton going on in Los Angles and the FBI is also talking to people about Weinstein’s behavior …
The probe was handled by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and NYPD, sources said.
Because of the nature of the allegations, the statute of limitations does not apply.
A special grand jury was also being presented with evidence related to possible financial fraud against Weinstein, but it was not immediately clear if the charges expected Friday include money mishandling allegations.
The grand jury hearing evidence about Weinstein was convened weeks ago, sources told The News….
Update….
Harvey Weinstein will be charged with raping one woman and forcing another to perform oral sex on him….
CNN
Harvey Weinstein faces at least 10 years in prison as DA files new charges in Manhattan sex assault case….
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A New York judge dismissed count six of Harvey Weinstein’s criminal indictment Thursday, which was a criminal sexual act in the first degree.
The count stems from charges brought forth against the disgraced movie producer in May and July by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
A source familiar with the investigation told CNN at the time that the criminal sex act charge was from a case involving aspiring actress Lucia Evans, who alleged Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on him in his Tribeca office in 2004. She first spoke out about the alleged incident to Ronan Farrow in the New Yorker last fall.
The reason that count was dropped today was due, in part, to a newly unsealed letter that prosecutor Joan Illuzzi-Orbon sent to defense counsel Benjamin Brafman in September.
It cites alleged inconsistencies in Evans’ story….
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