Judge Rejects Sex Assault Count Against Harvey Weinstein

Judge Rejects Sex Assault Count Against Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein, the 69-year-old convicted rapist and disgraced movie mogul, wears a face mask as he listens in court during a pre-trial hearing in Los Angeles on July 29, 2021. Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP
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LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles judge on Thursday again rejected one of 11 sexual assault counts in an indictment of Harvey Weinstein.

Judge Lisa B. Lench first dismissed the count of sexual battery by restraint as too old and outside the statute of limitations two weeks ago, but allowed the district attorney’s office to amend the allegation against the 69-year-old former movie mogul and convicted rapist.