Harvey Weinstein will not face charges of indecent assault in Britain, prosecutors announced Thursday. The Crown Prosecution Service greenlit two charges against Weinstein in 2022 but has decided to discontinue proceedings due to "no longer a realistic prospect of conviction." The CPS emphasized, "We would always encourage any potential victims of sexual assault to come forward and report to police."
Weinstein has been a central figure in the #MeToo movement since 2017 when numerous women disclosed accounts of his misconduct. The British police had been investigating multiple allegations stretching from the 1980s to 2015. In June 2022, the CPS authorized London's Metropolitan Police to file the now-dropped charges, which were tied to an alleged incident in 1996.
Despite the halted charges in the UK, Weinstein remains in custody in New York while awaiting retrial in Manhattan. After his retrial, he will begin serving a 16-year sentence in California for a separate rape conviction. (This story was generated by Newser's AI chatbot. Source: the AP)
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