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Harvey Weinstein arrested, charged with rape

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been charged with rape and other sex crimes.



A US court has charged former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein with rape, sex abuse and other crimes against two women.



Weinstein was arraigned on Friday in New York Criminal Court seven months after women made allegations of sexual violence and harassment against him.



According to a statement from the New York Police Department, Weinstein "was arrested, processed and charged with rape, criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct for incidents involving two separate women."



Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi, the prosecutor, said, “This defendant used his position, money and power to lure young women into situations where he was able to violate them sexually.”



The 66-year-old man, who was released on a $1mn bail bond later on Friday, has to wear a monitoring device.



According to his lawyer Ben Brafman, the disgraced mogul would enter a not guilty plea.





Weinstein (R) listens to his attorney Benjamin Brafman (L) at the Manhattan Criminal Court on May 25, 2018 in New York. (Photo by AFP)


"We intend to move very quickly to dismiss these charges," Brafman said. "We believe that they are constitutionally flawed. We believe that they are not factually supported by the evidence."
In February, the attorney general of New York sued Weinstein and the Weinstein Company, alleging years of sexual harassment and misconduct by the Hollywood film producer.



The lawsuit accused Weinstein Company executives, including his brother and co-CEO Bob, of failing to act despite repeatedly being presented with credible evidence of Weinstein's sexual harassment and misconduct.



In October, 2017, The New York Times first reported on multiple allegations of sexual abuse by Weinstein.



Since then, similar allegations have been leveled against many powerful men in politics, business and entertainment in the US and the UK and the #MeToo movement has emerged to help demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment.



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[slayer14]

He got nothing to live for now

[hostile takeover]

Poor guy. If hillary were elected he'd be just fine.

Friggin Russians...

[jjgold]

How do you prove this stuff??

[cincinnatikid513]

How do you prove this stuff??

not with physical evidence

[slayer14]

Would not be shocked if he is found dead via suicide the guy got nothing left

[JIBBBY]

This guy was bad.. A real weasel.. About time...

Maybe he can share a cell with Bill Cosby

[DiggityDaggityDo]

This guy was bad.. A real weasel.. About time...

Maybe he can share a cell with Bill Cosby

Would love to be a fly on that wall.

[JIBBBY]

Would love to be a fly on that wall.

Seeing Harvey jack off.. Sick Diggity sick.. ..

[slayer14]

if it is true that there are 100 women involved the guy is crazy he has no self control

[nyplayer33]

For most out that. Girls are great ..but it can easily lead to being obsessed

[danwinkler]

none can be proved in court. he wont spend a day in court. all the celeb ladies who played saint and joined the moved to moment are simply prostitutes. they used sex and got paid in form of career. harvey is a dirt bag and he probably raped some girls who refused to co-operate and those girls may never come forward. the real heros are girls who said no to him without caring about their career. these celeb ladies taking the high ground are fakes trying to get spotlight.

[VeggieDog]

How can one man force a woman to give a bj? If she didn't want to do it, why didn't she just walk out of his office?