Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges

June 06, 2018 09:37

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein pled not guilty to the charges of rape and other acts of sexual misconduct.

Weinstein appeared in a Manhattan court on Tuesday to enter his plea, reported Variety.

When asked how he pleaded to first-degree criminal sexual act and other charges against him, Weinstein replied, "Not guilty."

The charges involve two alleged victims.

The first, Lucia Evans, claims that Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex at his Tribeca office in 2004.

The other woman has not been named, but she alleged that Weinstein held her against her will and raped her at a Manhattan hotel room in 2013.

It was Weinstein's first court appearance since his May 25 arrest on charges that he sexually assaulted two women in New York.

Weinstein's not-guilty plea was expected as he has always denied he forced any of the dozens of women who have accused him of sexual misconduct to have sex with him.

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