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Harvey Weinstein won’t be headed to Los Angeles anytime soon to face a fresh slew of sex crimes charges — due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. “The virus has delayed the processing of the extradition paperwork,” said Greg Risling, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. “There is no time estimate …
Harvey Weinstein won’t be headed to Los Angeles anytime soon to face a fresh slew of sex crimes charges — due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.
“The virus has delayed the processing of the extradition paperwork,” said Greg Risling, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. “There is no time estimate on when he will appear in a Los Angeles courtroom.”
LA prosecutors have charged Weinstein with two counts of sexual battery by restraint and one count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual penetration — all stemming from the allegations of three women.
The LA complaint alleges that Weinstein attacked an Italian model on Feb. 18, 2013, at Mr. C Beverly Hills hotel and sexually assaulted Lauren Young the next day at the Montage Beverly Hills hotel. He allegedly sexually assaulted a third woman at an unnamed Beverly Hills hotel May 11, 2010.
The LADA’s office said on March 11 that it had begun the extradition process, but the coronavirus outbreak has since caused courthouses on both coasts to suspend most of the office’s operations.
A Manhattan jury convicted the former Hollywood kingmaker of forcibly performing oral sex on former “Project Runway” production assistant Miriam “Mimi” Haleyi in 2006 and raping hairstylist Jessica Mann in 2013.
Weinstein was sentenced in March to 23 years in prison and is currently serving his time at Wende Correctional Facility in upstate New York.
The disgraced producer’s spokesman Juda Engelmayer said his attorneys plan to appeal the verdict but have yet to file their motion.
Weinstein has denied engaging in non-consensual sex acts.
