Following recent emergency heart surgery that left him “near death”, a wheelchair-bound Harvey Weinstein returned to a New York courtroom today to plead not guilty to a new sex crime charge. The 72-year-old Weinstein is charged in a new indictment with sexually assaulting a woman in a lower Manhattan hotel on one occasion between April

Embattled producer Harvey Weinstein entered a not guilty plea on Wednesday to a newly unsealed charge of criminal sexual act in the first degree for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in a lower Manhattan hotel almost two decades ago.

New sex crime accusations have come out against media mogul Harvey Weinstein, seven years after he became the central figure of the #MeToo accusations.

A new charge and alleged victim were revealed as New York prosecutors prepare to retry Harvey Weinstein, whose initial conviction was overturned.

The indictment comes after New York’s high court overturned the producer’s conviction.

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for a status hearing to be retried, following his overturned sex crimes conviction, in New York City, New York, U.S., July 9,