London charges against Harvey Weinstein dropped (Picture: AP)
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has had his indecent assault charges discontinued in London.
According to The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the two indecent assault charges brought against Weinstein, 72, in 2022 have been dropped because ‘there is no longer a realistic prospect of conviction’.
Frank Ferguson, head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: ‘The CPS has a duty to keep all cases under continuous review and we have decided that there is no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.
‘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.’
The allegations referred to a woman, now in her 50s, claiming she was indecently assaulted by Weinstein twice between July 31 and August 31, 1996.
Manhattan jurors found Weinstein guilty on rape charges in February 2020 but the conviction was overturned in April. He was originally sentenced to 23 years in his New York sentence.
Weinstein was convicted of sexually assaulting Miriam Haley, a former production assistant he worked with on Project Runway, by forcing her to perform oral sex on him at his apartment in 2006.
He was also sentenced to 16 years on top of this sentence in a California conviction in 2023 on rape and sexual assault charges.
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