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Criminal

Jan. 7, 2020

Case laid out against unidentified female accomplice in Weinstein criminal complaint

In announcing sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein on Monday, Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey also laid out a fact pattern that could support criminal charges against a female accomplice alleged to have locked one of Weinstein’s victims in a hotel bathroom while he assaulted her.

Case laid out against unidentified female accomplice in Weinstein criminal complaint
Movie producer Harvey Weinstein leaves court in New York on Monday after appearing for the start of his criminal trial. (New York Times News Service)

LOS ANGELES -- In announcing sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein on Monday, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey also laid out a fact pattern that could support criminal charges against a female accomplice alleged to have locked one of Weinstein's victims in a hotel bathroom while he assaulted her.

In a motion filed by prosecutors, an unnamed woman identified as a "female acquaintance" of one of Weinstein's ...

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