NEW YORK (AP) — An actress’ rape allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein are credible, and investigators are gathering evidence for a criminal case, New York City police said Friday.
Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said Friday that investigators have interviewed actress Paz de la Huerta, who publicly accused Weinstein of raping her twice in her apartment in 2010.
Boyce said detectives found the “Boardwalk Empire” actress’ story believable and corroborated portions of her account.
She called police on Oct. 26, he said.
The factors that made her story credible included: “The ability to articulate each and every minute of the crime, where she was, where they met, where this happened and what he did,” he said.
An email message sent to Weinstein representative Sallie Hofmeister was not immediately returned.
De la Huerta told CBS News that the first rape occurred in October 2010 after Weinstein gave her a ride home from a party, insisted on having a drink in her apartment and forced himself on her. She said the second rape occurred in December 2010 after Weinstein came to her apartment. She had been drinking and was not in a condition to give consent, CBS reported the actress said.
Speaking at a police briefing, Boyce said of Weinstein: “If this person was still in new York, and it was recent, we’d go right away and make the arrest. No doubt. But we’re talking about a 7-year-old case. And we have to move forward gathering evidence first.”
Investigators could seek an arrest warrant, which requires a court order, or hand the evidence over to prosecutors to put the allegations to a grand jury to seek an indictment.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office said a senior prosecutor has been assigned to investigate allegations but didn’t comment further.
The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they speak publicly, which de la Huerta has done.
The investigation comes a month after The New York Times published an expose of sexual harassment allegations against Weinstein, leading to his firing from the company he co-founded and his expulsion from the organization that bestows the Academy Awards.
I heard this story yesterday with my wife and we decided it sounded like a story a good defense lawyer could rip apart. .
I believe he is what people say he is, but if you are going to go after him you really ought to find a crime with solid evidence.
This is going to be a tough pardon decision for Trump.
He admires sexual predators, but doesn’t particularly like Jews.
If Harvey Weinstein was alleged to have demonstrated any racist behaviors toward anyone else, male or female, would that change the public’s perception of his crimes? Would we think of him differently if his charge was racism rather than sexual harassment and rape? These are serious questions. I think the cultures of sexism and racism are very similar, and our perceptions and attitudes toward them should also be similar.
" I think the cultures of sexism and racism are very similar, and our perceptions and attitudes toward them should also be similar."
Something akin to" “Fuck. A. Whole. Bunch. Of. That. Shit.”?
Simple solution to all of this. Fire all men in positions of power (Especially POTUS) and replace them with qualified women.
Problem solved…