A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Harvey Weinstein on new sex crime charges, according to his attorney Arthur Aidala.
“The grand jury has indicted Mr. Weinstein,” prosecutor Nicole Blumberg said during a court hearing on Thursday. The indictment detailing the charges, however, will remain sealed until Weinstein is arraigned. It could include sexual assault allegations from three women, prosecutors said at a separate hearing last week. The disgraced movie mogul was not present at the hearing because he was not medically cleared to attend after undergoing a heart procedure earlier this week.
A source with knowledge of the matter told CNN that alleged assault is said to have occurred during in 2006. Prosecutors have said the new indictment is not tied to Jessica Mann and Mimi Haley, whose allegations are tied to the charges Weinstein is set to be retried on in November. Judge Curtis Farber will have to decide whether to combine the cases into one trial.Prosecutors have indicated they’d like to see the cases combined, but Weinstein’s defense opposes the move.
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