Harvey Weinstein indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of New York retrial

The indictment will remain under seal until Weinstein is arraigned on the new charges, tentatively scheduled for September 18

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The indictment will remain under seal until Harvey Weinstein is arraigned on the new charges, tentatively scheduled for September 18. Photo: AP

Published: 11:44pm, 12 Sep 2024

Disgraced ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on additional sex crimes charges in New York ahead of a retrial in his landmark MeToo case, Manhattan prosecutors said at a court hearing Thursday.

The indictment will remain under seal until Weinstein is arraigned on the new charges, tentatively scheduled for September 18. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg disclosed in court that the indictment charges Weinstein with “additional crimes” and that multiple accusers are prepared to testify against him.

Weinstein, 72, is recovering from emergency heart surgery on Monday at a Manhattan hospital to remove fluid on his heart and lungs and was not at Thursday’s hearing.

Prosecutors retrying Weinstein’s overturned rape conviction disclosed last week that they had begun presenting to a grand jury evidence of up to three additional allegations against Weinstein, dating as far back as the mid-2000s.

Harvey Weinstein arrives at the courthouse during jury deliberations in his rape trial in 2020, in New York. Photo: AP

They include alleged sexual assaults at the Tribeca Grand Hotel, now known as the Roxy Hotel, and in a Lower Manhattan residential building between late 2005 and mid-2006, and an alleged sexual assault at a Tribeca hotel in May 2016.