Harvey Weinstein indicted on new sex crime charges ahead of New York retrial

• Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of his retrial in New York, Manhattan prosecutors said.
• The indictment will remain secret until Weinstein's arraignment, scheduled for September 18.
• Weinstein, 72, was absent from the hearing because he is recovering from emergency heart surgery.

Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of his retrial in New York, Manhattan prosecutors announced at a hearing on Thursday.

The indictment will remain secret until Weinstein's arraignment, scheduled for September 18.

Weinstein, 72, underwent emergency heart surgery at a Manhattan hospital on Monday and is currently recovering, so he did not attend Thursday's hearing.

Harvey Weinstein rushed from prison to hospital for emergency heart surgery

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office revealed at a recent court hearing that prosecutors have begun presenting evidence to the grand jury for up to three additional charges against Weinstein dating back to the mid-2000s.

Prosecutors had sought a retrial after Weinstein's 2020 convictions on rape and sexual assault charges were tossed out by an appeals court earlier this year. It remains to be seen whether the new charges will be included in the retrial, as prosecutors hope, or whether the court will treat it as a separate case.

The new charges come after British prosecutors announced last week they would not pursue indecent assault charges against Weinstein, who was one of the most visible villains of the #MeToo movement in 2017 when women began publicly reporting his behaviour.

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The 72-year-old co-founder of the film and television production company Miramax has long maintained that her sexual acts were consensual.

He is next scheduled to appear in court in Manhattan for a hearing in the case on Sept. 12. A retrial is tentatively scheduled for November.