Harvey Weinstein on Trial: A #MeToo Reckoning Two Years in the Making
- Former producer charged with predatory sexual assault and rape
- That case made it to court ‘is remarkable in its own right’
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More than two years and a lifetime ago, Hollywood’s open secrets about Harvey Weinstein finally spilled into public view.
Few back then could have predicted all that would follow or where the #MeToo movement would go. Now, for Weinstein, a reckoning is at hand: His criminal trial, on five felony counts, including predatory sexual assault and rape, is scheduled to begin on Monday in state court in Manhattan. Jury selection could last two weeks, the trial six more.