Harvey Weinstein charged with felony for raping as well as sexually assaulting two women in 2013

According to Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey, Harvey Weinstein has been given two new sex crime charges for “raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013.”

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As of late, he is being charged with one felony count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint.



An arraignment will be scheduled for a later date.

The news comes on the same day as Weinstein’s trial on similar charges in New York, begins.