![]() He previously evaded arrest in 2014 when he was investigated by the NYPD for groping then-22-year-old Italian model Ambra Battilana. ![]() The arrest ends months of speculation over whether the producer behind such Oscar best picture winners as Shakespeare in Love and The King’s Speech would be held accountable for his alleged misdeeds. ![]() “At a certain point, you have to think about the greater good of humanity, of womankind,” she told him.įarrow also reports that detectives began meeting with Evans and gathering evidence the day after his initial exposé was published. In a story yesterday, about what led to Weinstein’s surrender, Farrow wrote that Evans confirmed she was pressing charges against the disgraced mogul. Evans told investigators that Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on him despite her verbal protests. The alleged incident took place at the former Miramax offices in Tribeca in 2004. Weinstein is expected to be be charged with assaulting former aspiring actress Lucia Evans, who was one of three women, along with Asia Argento, who told ‘The New Yorker’s’ Ronan Farrow in October that Weinstein had raped them. The 66-year-old also could be asked to relinquish his passport, given that he owns properties in other countries and could be seen as a flight risk. In the wake of yesterday’s move, the most pressing question is whether the judge overseeing Weinstein’s case sets bail, and if so, for how much. He also faces numerous civil suits filed by women claiming abuse and harassment. That investigation is said to be focusing on whether Weinstein lured women to cross state lines under false pretenses for the purpose of commiting sex crimes. Earlier this week, federal prosecutors in Manhattan launched a criminal probe into sex-abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein has been facing the prospect of criminal charges on multiple fronts, including in New York, Los Angeles and London. He remained silent even though the reporters, photographers and TV news crews camped outside of the police department shouted questions at him, including “What took you so long?” He appeared rested and relaxed as he stepped out of the black SUV that transported him to the police station, getting more serious as he approached the precinct steps. Wearing a white button-down shirt and light-blue sweater under a black blazer and gray pants and carrying two books, Weinstein entered the first precinct police station in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, just blocks away from his longtime Weinstein Co. Ashley Judd, Rose McGowan, Mira Sorvino, Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow were among the high-profile actresses who have come forward with claims against the prodcer. In the weeks that followed the reports, the scandal mushroomed to include dozens of women spanning three continents. It was the most dramatic twist to date in the downfall of the Oscar-winning producer, whose career began unraveling in the wake of twin exposés in the ‘New York Times and The New Yorker’ that were published in October and chronicled a pattern of alleged harassment and sexual assault of both actresses and employees at Weinstein’s studios Miramax and its successor, The Weinstein Co. Weinstein was arrested shortly thereafter, the NYPD confirmed to ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ and is and is expected to be charged and arraigned later today. More than seven months after sexual misconduct allegations involving Harvey Weinstein first surfaced publicly, the disgraced mogul has turned himself into authorities at the first precinct in Manhattan on Friday. It was the most dramatic twist to date in the downfall of the Oscar-winning producer who is facing criminal charges on multiple fronts, including in Los Angeles and London.
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