The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has dropped indecent assault charges filed in the UK against Harvey Weinstein.
In June 2022, a woman accused the disgraced movie mogul of assaulting her in 1996. The Metropolitan Police charged him with two counts of indecent assault against the unnamed woman.
“Following a review of the evidence in this case, the CPS has decided to drop criminal proceedings against Harvey Weinstein,” Frank Ferguson, head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said in a statement.
Harvey Weinstein will be convicted and spend the rest of his life in prison. He will then be convicted again in California. Walker's story shows that he is a raging narcissist with no capacity for remorse.
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He said: “The CPS has a duty to review all cases on an ongoing basis and we have decided there is no longer any realistic prospect of a conviction. We have informed all parties of our decision.”
Weinstein was ordered to serve 23 years in prison for his 2020 rape conviction in New York, but the conviction was overturned earlier this year, and Weinstein is awaiting a retrial.
Weinstein was also convicted of three charges of sexual assault against former model Evgenia Chernyshova in Los Angeles in 2022. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison and is appealing the sentence.