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District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement that the charges include two victims and date back to incidents that occurred more than 10 years ago.
Weinstein, who was convicted earlier this year in New York for sex crimes, now faces four counts of forced rape and forced oral sex each, two counts of forced sexual assault and one count of forced sexual penetration involving five victims of crimes ranging from 2004 to 2004. 2013 in Los Angeles.
Representatives for Weinstein, who is serving 23 years in prison in New York, did not immediately comment on the new charges. Weinstein denies having had forced sex.
If convicted of the charges against him in Los Angeles, Weinstein, once a Hollywood mogul, could face up to 140 years in state prison, according to a statement released Friday.
“I am grateful to the women who initially reported these crimes, as their courage empowered others to come forward,” Lacey said in the statement.
