Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service, which authorized two charges of indecent assault against Weinstein in 2022, announced Thursday that it decided to discontinue the proceedings.
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Prosecutors shared some information about the additional allegations that the grand jury is weighing at a court conference on Tuesday. “The case was overturned in April and they spent six months trying to dig up someone to come after him,” Aidala said. After Weinstein’s conviction was overturned, New York prosecutors said they intended to bring new sexual assault charges against him and were actively pursuing claims of rape that occurred in Manhattan within the statute of limitations.
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