Harvey Weinstein charged with rape, sexual assault

By ELIZABETH MARCELLINO
City News Service
As he prepares to go on trial in New York on similar allegations, former film producer Harvey Weinstein was charged Monday, Jan. 6, in Los Angeles with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another during a two-day period in 2013.
Weinstein, 67, was charged with forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint. He will be arraigned at a later date, possibly after his New York trial concludes.