Weinstein faces new sex crimes charges in Los Angeles as New York trial looms

Harvey Weinstein was indicted on new criminal charges in Los Angeles on Monday, just one day before jury selection is set to begin in his sex crimes trial across the country in New York, according to officials.

Weinstein was charged with forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint in connection to two separate instances that occurred over the course of as many days in 2013, according to a press release by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.

On Feb. 18 of that year, he is accused of forcing himself into an unidentified female victim’s hotel room and raping her. The next day, he allegedly sexually assaulted a different woman in a Beverly Hills hotel room.

Prosecutors are seeking $5 million bail. His arraignment date has not yet been announced.

Page Six was first to report the new charges in Los Angeles.

The allegations at play in the Big Apple case are over whether or not the 67-year-old raped one woman in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013 and performed a forcible sex act on a different woman in 2006. If he's convicted of the most serious charges against him, two counts of predatory sexual assault, Weinstein faces a mandatory life sentence.

Attorney Gloria Allred, who represents one of the two women involved in the New York case, said in a statement: "The walls of justice are closing in on Harvey Weinstein." Allred added that she is also representing women who had their own allegations against Weinstein in Los Angeles, who are not either of the two victims for which the most recent charges were filed.

“[The women] have indicated to law enforcement that they are willing to testify in the criminal case now pending there," she said. "Mr. Weinstein’s journey to justice is long overdue and the criminal justice system in Los Angeles is now forcing him to confront the accusers against him. Women are no longer willing to suffer in silence and are willing to testify under oath in a court of law. We look forward to a just result and I am confident that Mr. Weinstein will receive the justice that he deserves."

On Saturday, Weinstein's lead attorney, Donna Rotunno, sounded off on one of the disgraced movie mogul's accusers, Annabella Sciorra – who is not named as a plaintiff but is expected to testify in the New York case – during an interview with CNN’s Michael Smerconish.

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“Annabella Sciorra is an actress and she has spent an entire life acting for a living, and I anticipate that she will be an excellent witness on the stand,” she told the host. “I think the circumstances and the facts and the evidence in the case will show to the jury that she, her statements don’t rise to the level of what the prosecutor is asking the jury to convict Mr. Weinstein on.”

Sciorra is one of roughly 80 women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct. The “Sopranos” actress, who had starred in a movie for his studio, has accused the filmmaker of raping her in 1993 or 1994 after he allegedly forced himself inside her Manhattan apartment. The statute of limitations in Sciorra’s own case has expired.

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Weinstein has continuously denied the allegations. During the interview, Rotunno reiterated his claims that the accusations were instances “of consensual sex and a history of a relationship.”

But she also denied that Weinstein is free of any wrongdoing.

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“He cheated on his wife, he made very bad decisions in business in terms of how he treated people and he’d be the first one to admit those things were not nice,” Rotunno said.

Weinstein’s legal team had previously tried to move the case out of New York City, citing concerns that the widespread media coverage could taint any potential objective jury, but a court rejected the request.

Rotunno, who previously described the case as weak, left open the possibility that her client might testify.

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“It’s possible that he may take the stand depending on how the evidence plays out,” she told the news host, “but in this case, we have a lot of evidence that shows a continuing relationship between him and the women that are charged in this matter.”

Weinstein told Fox News via email he anticipates he will be “fully exonerated.”

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“I am expecting the truth to be told and the facts to be fully explored, and yes, I am expecting to be fully exonerated,” he said, adding that he was spending his days before trial “with my family, close friends and loved ones, and working closely with my legal and communication team.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.