Court sets date for Weinstein trial in Los Angeles
Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein will go on trial in October in Los Angeles over alleged assaults on five women, a judge ruled on Friday. Weinstein, who was charged in Britain this month with the 1996 indecent assault of a woman in London, faces 11 felony charges in California. Prosecutors initially charged the Oscar winner in January 2020 with a number of sex crimes against two women, with the assaults alleged to have taken place years earlier. They added further counts later in the year involving three other women, dating back as far as 2004. The trial in Los Angeles Superior Court will begin on October 10. It is expected to last around eight weeks. Weinstein, 70, was brought to California from a New York prison where he was serving 23 years for raping an aspiring actress and for a criminal sex act against a former production assistant. In total, nearly 90 women including Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Salma Hayek have accused Weinstein of harassment or assault. (AFP)