The case against the disgraced movie mogul boils down to five felony charges based on claims by two women. Here are the basics of the case and how we expect it to unfold.
New York Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein heads to court Monday to face sex assault charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
Harvey Weinstein combative and in denial ahead of rape trial, inner circle says The trial begins more than two years after a bombshell magazine story confirmed the sort of allegations that long had swirled around the Hollywood power broker. Since then, more than 80 women have publicly accused Weinstein, 67, of sexual misdeeds.
Harvey Weinstein speaks out before his rape trial 00:51"Dozens of emails" sent by the unidentified accuser to Weinstein were used last year in an effort to dismiss the case. The messages, characterized as"warm, complimentary and solicitous," and others like them were sent after the film producer allegedly raped the accuser over a"four-year period," said Benjamin Brafman, the legendary criminal defense attorney who at one time represented Weinstein.
Weinstein empire unravels amid scandal 01:10Separately, eight cases against the embattled Hollywood producer are being reviewed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. And London's Metropolitan Police say that since The New Yorker story was published, they've gotten 11 allegations of sexual assault by Weinstein dating from the 1980s to 2015.Meantime, a $44 million settlement to resolve civil lawsuits over Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct was reached in May.
How #MeToo spread from Hollywood to the high court 03:31But since 2017, women emboldened by his accusers to share their own experiences with sexual harassment and assault have set off a reckoning that's unseated politicians, toppled titans of American media and made an impact with the US Supreme Court. And the five-letter"Me Too" hashtag has spread from India to Senegal, from China to Australia, from Pakistan to the United Nations.
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