Harvey Weinstein is now facing just two sexual assault cases after multiple shocking accusations — with a Manhattan judge dismissing a third criminal case filed against the disgraced film producer. Lucia Evans had accused Weinstein of assaulting her in 2004 when she was an aspiring actress, telling The New Yorker that Weinstein “forced me to perform oral sex on him. I said, over and over, ‘I don’t want to do this, stop, don’t.’ He’s a big guy. He overpowered me.” Insiders had reported, however, that Weinstein’s attorneys had supplied the prosecution with private correspondence that contradicted Lucia’s claims. Prosecutors didn’t oppose the dismissal, but that still leaves Weinstein facing a total of five other charges in the two cases remaining in the Manhattan criminal court…
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Weinstein — who's become the face of
a series of shocking Hollywood sex scandals — originally pleaded “Not guilty” to accusations by Lucia Evans and another woman who claims that Weinstein raped her in a hotel room.
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Afterwards, he was hit with new criminal charges by a third alleged victim — with Weinstein accused of "contact between the defendant’s mouth and the vagina of the person known to the Grand Jury." A statement by D.A. Vance declared: "A Manhattan Grand Jury has now indicted Harvey Weinstein on
some of the most serious sexual offenses that exist under New York’s Penal Law."
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Weinstein — who's become the face of
a series of shocking Hollywood sex scandals — originally pleaded “Not guilty” to accusations by Lucia Evans and another woman who claims that Weinstein raped her in a hotel room.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Afterwards, he was hit with new criminal charges by a third alleged victim — with Weinstein accused of "contact between the defendant’s mouth and the vagina of the person known to the Grand Jury." A statement by D.A. Vance declared: "A Manhattan Grand Jury has now indicted Harvey Weinstein on
some of the most serious sexual offenses that exist under New York’s Penal Law."
Photo credit: Getty Images
Photo credit: Getty Images
