New charges brought against Harvey Weinstein by New York grand jury

A grand jury in New York City has brought new charges against Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul whose alleged sexual misconduct fueled the #MeToo movement, Manhattan prosecutors announced during a court hearing Thursday.

The new indictment is under seal, prosecutor Nicole Blumberg told Judge Curtis Farber, who set the trial date for November 12.

NBC News was the first outlet to report this month that a grand jury had been convened to hear testimony from women who had made new allegations against Weinstein, 72.

Weinstein did not appear in court on Thursday. He was transferred from Rikers Island prison to Bellevue Hospital earlier this week, where he underwent emergency heart surgery. He will be arraigned after he recovers from his health problems.

In total, more than 80 women have accused the former Oscar winner of sexual harassment or assault. He has repeatedly and vehemently denied these allegations, insisting that the encounters in question were consensual.

Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison in a New York trial in 2020 for third-degree rape of a woman and first-degree sexual assault of another woman.

But that ruling was overturned in April after a state appeals court found in a 4-3 decision that the judge had erred by allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the case.

Months later, New York prosecutors announced they would re-indict Weinstein for the same crimes and possibly bring new charges.

In addition to the New York case, Weinstein was found guilty of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault in a Los Angeles trial in 2022 and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Weinstein's legal team is appealing the verdict.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Weinstein and his younger brother Bob were titans of the film industry, producing groundbreaking independent films such as Pulp Fiction and distributing Oscar-winning dramas The English Patient, Shakespeare in Love and The King's Speech.

But his reign ended in October 2017 when women began to publicly report sexual abuse. The stories sparked a broader reckoning about abuse of power in entertainment and other major industries.

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