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Harvey Weinstein under investigation for additional sexual assaults, prosecutor says

Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in State Supreme court in Manhattan for a status conference on his case on Tuesday, in New York City, US, July 9, 2024. Jefferson Siegel/Pool via REUTERS

Jack Queen

Prosecutors are probing "additional violent sexual assaults" they say former Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein committed and intend to seek a new indictment after his previous conviction was overturned, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.

Prosecutor Nicole Blumberg said in a hearing before Judge Curtis Farber in New York state criminal court in Manhattan that the additional assaults Weinstein allegedly committed were still within the statute of limitations to be charged as crimes.