Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is facing two counts of indecent assault charges in the UK, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Wednesday.
The CPS said it had authorized the Metropolitan Police to charge the 70-year-old former film mogul following a review of the evidence gathered by the force in its investigation.
The charges are over two assaults that were allegedly perpetrated against one female complainant in London in August 1996.
According to a statement from the Metropolitan Police, the woman is now in her 50s.
Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS Special Crime Division, said the CPS “reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against the defendant are active and that he has the right to a fair trial.”…