‘I’M NOT GUILTY’
MOVIE mogul Harvey Weinstein smirked arriving at court yesterday to face sex assault and rape charges.
The producer, 66, had to wear three linked sets of handcuffs due to his size and stood open-mouthed as prosecutors outlined the case.
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Harvey Weinstein appears in court charged with rape and sex abuse in cases involving two women
He earlier clutched a biography on Elia Kazan — the womanising, A Streetcar Named Desire director accused of sex assault in the 1970s — as he surrendered to cops in New York at 7.30am.
He arrived with a $1million cheque for bail, allowing him to avoid hours in holding cells.
Weinstein was frogmarched in front of cameras at the police station and again at court, at one point exclaiming: “Wow”. The charges are the first since over 70 women made claims against him and launched the #MeToo movement in October.
Weinstein is accused of assaults against aspiring actress Lucia Evans at his New York office in 2004, and an unnamed woman in 2013.
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Prosecutor Joan Illuzzi told Manhattan Criminal Court an investigation had “revealed this defendant used his position, money and power to lure young women into situations where he was able to violate them sexually”.
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Lawyer for Harvey Weinstein says Hollywood movie mogul will plead 'not guilty' to rape and sex abuse charges after court appearance
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Weinstein intends to plead not guilty. The court made him give up his passport and wear a GPS ankle monitor. He will return on July 30.
His lawyer Benjamin Brafman said: “We intend to move quickly to dismiss these charges. We believe they are constitutionally flawed.”
Brit star Lysette Anthony, 54, who says she was raped by Weinstein in the 1980s, tweeted: “And so it begins #JusticeForAll #MeToo.”
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