Disgraced Hollywood producer turned convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein will not face a new Los Angeles sex-crimes trial, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Weinstein, 70, was sentenced to 16 years in prison after being convicted in December of sexually assaulting an Italian model in February 2013. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury, however, could not decide on three other sex crimes charges against Weinstein—and acquitted him of sexual battery by restraint. On Tuesday, prosecutors told Judge Lisa Lench they will not proceed with a new trial for the three pending charges. Weinstein will soon be sent back to New York to complete his 23-year prison sentence after he was convicted of similar charges in a 2020 trial. After the sentencing, another woman whose allegations were once part of Weinstein’s Los Angeles trial also came forward for the first time. Kate Jaggard, an Australian model and actress who alleges Weinstein sexually assaulted her in 2009, said that while she was willing “willing to undergo cross-examination at trial, due to circumstances that were beyond my control, I was not able to appear for trial.” As a result, Lench dismissed the four charges in connection with her allegations.
