NYPD, London police start a fresh probe in sexual assault claims against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein
Police detectives in New York City and London are taking a fresh look into sexual assault allegations against Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein.
New York Police Department spokesman Peter Donald said today that investigators are trying to determine whether there were any additional complaints involving Weinstein, now embroiled in a sex abuse scandal.
That includes reviewing police files to see if any women previously reported being assaulted or harassed by him.
So far, no filed complaints have been found, he said, other than one well-known case that prompted an investigation in 2015, but authorities are encouraging anyone with information on Weinstein to contact the department.
Also today, British media reported London police are investigating an allegation of sexual assault involving Weinstein.
London’s Metropolitan police force said it had received an allegation of sexual assault from the Merseyside force in northwest England.
Merseyside police says the allegation was made yesterday and concerns “an alleged sexual assault in the London area in the 1980s.”
More than a dozen women — including actresses Angelina Jolie, Ashley Judd and Gwyneth Paltrow — told The New York Times and The New Yorker magazine for recent stories that Weinstein had sexually harassed or sexually assaulted them.
Weinstein was fired Sunday by The Weinstein Company, …read more
