Dramatic Details Emerge After Federal Probe Opens In Harvey Weinstein Case
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Thu, 05/24/2018
When he’s not being heckled and chased out of Arizona restaurants by angry patrons disgusted by his presence and frustrated by the two-tiered US “justice” system,, Harvey Weinstein has been content to lay low, somewhat out of the media spotlight for the past few months since an avalanche of accusations and corresponding media coverage first hit last October.
But on Wednesday night a new flood of reporting thrust the disgraced movie mogul back in the spotlight as NBC revealed that a state grand jury is convening in Manhattan in connection with the multiple sex abuse allegations which originated in New York, according to sources familiar with the case. This as simultaneously federal prosecutors have opened their own sex crimes case.
A grand jury in New York has been convened and witnesses are being called in connection with sex abuse allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein, several sources familiar with the matter tell NBC News.
The sources say that a state grand jury in Manhattan will hear evidence in the Weinstein case which is being presented with witness testimony and other evidence.
Since the New York Times first published explosive allegations of sexual assault based on interviews with multiple of his celebrity female victims, more than 60 women have accused the 65-year old movie mogul of sexual misconduct, though it remains unclear how many have gone to the police. Since then Weinstein has been dropped by his own studio, Miramax, which he co-founded and is now facing ongoing criminal investigations in multiple US jurisdictions as well as in London and France.
In the meantime even close associates and co-producers on Weinstein’s multiple blockbuster productions over the years have lately come forward to say “everybody fucking knew” what’s been described as “certain pattern of overly-aggressive behavior that was rather dreadful.” Celebrities including Rose McGowen, Ashley Judd, Gwyneth Paltrow, Uma Thurman and Salma Hayek have accused Weinstein of various improprieties, from unwanted advances to flat out rape.
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