Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein will not face charges of indecent assault in Britain, according to a recent announcement by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The CPS had initially authorized two charges of indecent assault against Weinstein in 2022, but they have now decided to discontinue the proceedings, citing “no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.”
In their statement, the CPS noted, “We have explained our decision to all parties. We would always encourage any potential victims of sexual assault to come forward and report to police, and we will prosecute wherever our legal test is met.”
Weinstein, who became the face of the #MeToo movement in 2017 following numerous sexual assault allegations, was being investigated by British authorities for incidents that reportedly took place between the 1980s and 2015. The charges in question stemmed from an alleged incident in London in 1996, involving a woman who was in her 50s at the time of the 2022 announcement.
While Weinstein has consistently denied all allegations of rape and sexual assault, he remains in custody in New York, awaiting retrial in Manhattan. After this retrial, he is set to begin a 16-year sentence in California following a 2022 rape conviction in Los Angeles. Weinstein had already been serving a 23-year sentence in New York for sexual assault convictions before his 2020 conviction was overturned by the state’s top court earlier this year.
