Harvey Weinstein was charged on Monday in Los Angeles with rape and sexual assault in relation to two separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013.
The charges against the disgraced movie mogul came just as his high-profile sex crimes trial opened in New York.
"I want to commend the victims who have come forward and bravely recounted what happened to them," she added."It is my hope that all victims of sexual violence find strength and healing as they move forward." The disgraced movie mogul entered the New York state courthouse looking frail in a dark suit and using a walker, more than two years after a slew of allegations against him triggered waves of outrage over pervasive sexual assault in the workplace, leading to the downfall of dozens of powerful men.
Weinstein, 67, faces five charges stemming from allegations he raped a woman in 2013 and performed a forcible sex act on another woman in 2006.The two accusers are set to take the stand during the trial, as well as a third woman who is expected to testify that Weinstein raped her in 1993.
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