The jury has been sworn in to hear the criminal trial in LA of former film producer Harvey Weinstein on sex-related charges involving five women.
A jury consisting of nine men and three women was sworn in to hear the criminal trial Thursday of former film producer Harvey Weinstein on sex-related charges involving five women.
Weinstein -- who produced such films as"Shakespeare in Love" and"Pulp Fiction" -- was initially charged in January 2020 by Los Angeles County prosecutors with forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual penetration by use of force involving one woman on Feb. 18, 2013, and sexual battery by restraint involving another woman a day later.
Weinstein, now 70, was later charged in April 2020 with sexual battery by restraint involving"Jane Doe 3" in a Beverly Hills hotel room in May 2010. In November 2020, prosecutors added six more counts -- three counts each of forcible rape and forcible oral copulation -- involving two other alleged victims in Beverly Hills between 2004 and 2010.