Harvey Weinstein’s Los Angeles Trial May Change the Fate of His Freedom

Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul and convicted rapist serving a 23-year sentence in New York for sex crimes, is back in court, this time in California. Monday marked the start of his Los Angeles trial, where Weinstein is facing 11 charges—four counts of forcible oral copulation, four counts of forcible rape, two counts of sexual battery by restraint, and one count of sexual penetration by use of force—all connected to alleged assaults from 2004 to 2013. These charges carry a maximum sentence of up to 140 years behind bars. (Weinstein has pleaded not guilty and denied all allegations.) Jurors—nine… Read Full Article