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Crime, Law and Justice
Ina Jaffe, NPR and Vanessa Romo, NPR

Harvey Weinstein is charged with sexual assault in Los Angeles, as N.Y. trial begins

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Harvey Weinstein leaves a New York court on Monday, where jury selection has begun. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office says the disgraced movie mogul faces allegations that he sexually assaulted two women in 2013.
Harvey Weinstein leaves a New York court on Monday, where jury selection has begun. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office says the disgraced movie mogul faces allegations that he sexually assaulted two women in 2013.
Seth Wenig/AP

Harvey Weinstein was charged with four felony counts of sexual assault in Los Angeles County on Monday, the same day jury selection began in the Hollywood mogul's New York trial.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office charged Weinstein with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another. Weinstein is accused of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force, and sexual battery by use of restraint.

The charges stem from two alleged incidents in February 2013.

"We believe the evidence will show that the defendant used his power and influence to gain access to his victims and then commit violent crimes against them," District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement Monday.

In one incident, Weinstein allegedly went to a hotel and raped a woman after pushing his way into her room. The second alleged assault took place the next evening in a hotel in Beverly Hills. Neither woman was publicly identified by prosecutors.

LA County prosecutors are asking for bail to be set at $5 million, according to the statement. If convicted, Weinstein could face up to 28 years in prison.

The disgraced movie producer so far has not publicly commented on the latest charges against him.

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