Indecent assault prices within the UK towards disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein have been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
The CPS mentioned it made the choice after reviewing the proof within the case and concluding there was “now not a sensible prospect of conviction”.
Weinstein, 72, was charged in 2022 with two counts of indecent assault towards a lady in London in 1996.
The Metropolitan Police mentioned on the time that the alleged sufferer is now in her 50s.
Frank Ferguson, head of the Particular Crime and Counter-Terrorism Unit, mentioned the CPS had an obligation to frequently evaluate prison circumstances and “we’ve got defined our determination to all events”.
“We all the time encourage anybody who could have been sexually assaulted to return ahead and report it to the police, and we’ll prosecute wherever our authorized investigation takes place.”
Weinstein is serving a jail sentence within the US Following a 2020 sexual assault conviction in Los Angeles.
Greater than 80 individuals have come ahead with rape and misconduct claims towards Weinstein because the late Nineteen Seventies.