In Los Angeles County, Weinstein is charged with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another over two days in 2013.
for two sex crimes in New York, the action will shift to Los Angeles where he has been charged with similar sex crimes that could net him more years in prison if convicted.
The New York jury delivered is verdict on Feb. 24, after a trial that opened on Jan. 6. On the same day his trial began in New York, prosecutors in Los Angeles announced they had charged Weinstein with four sex crimes similar to the New York charges.in separate incidents over two days in Beverly Hills hotel rooms in 2013, for a total of four counts: one felony count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint.
In court, one of his lawyers, Donna Rotunno, said that because of his"multitude" of medical issues, there's a good chance Weinstein could die in prison even if he had been sentenced to the minimum of five years. "Because the Los Angeles case – the criminal case against Mr. Weinstein – will move forward,” she said.
Lisa Linsky, a former sex-crimes prosecutor in New York, notes,"The two women involved in the Los Angeles County cases are also entitled to their day in court."
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