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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDistrict attorney who didn't prosecute Weinstein will be investigated
Source: CNN
District attorney who didn't prosecute Weinstein will be investigated
By Sandra Gonzalez and Elizabeth Joseph
Updated 0156 GMT (0956 HKT) March 20, 2018
(CNN) The New York State attorney general will review the Manhattan district attorney's handling of a 2015 sexual abuse case involving disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement Monday evening.
The announcement follows an open letter from Time's Up, the female-led organization formed in the aftermath of the Weinstein scandal, to "open an investigation" of District Attorney Cyrus Vance and his office "to determine the facts related to the decision not to prosecute Harvey Weinstein for sexual abuse crimes against one of his accusers, Ambra Battilana."
Back in October, The New Yorker released an audio recording of Weinstein speaking with young model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez as part of a 2015 sting operation. The NYPD set up the sting after Gutierrez told authorities that Weinstein groped her the day before.
In the recording, Weinstein makes potentially incriminating comments to Gutierrez, but Weinstein was not arrested or charged with a crime at the time.
After the tape's release, the New York Police Department and the Manhattan DA's office traded public finger-pointing.
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By Sandra Gonzalez and Elizabeth Joseph
Updated 0156 GMT (0956 HKT) March 20, 2018
(CNN) The New York State attorney general will review the Manhattan district attorney's handling of a 2015 sexual abuse case involving disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement Monday evening.
The announcement follows an open letter from Time's Up, the female-led organization formed in the aftermath of the Weinstein scandal, to "open an investigation" of District Attorney Cyrus Vance and his office "to determine the facts related to the decision not to prosecute Harvey Weinstein for sexual abuse crimes against one of his accusers, Ambra Battilana."
Back in October, The New Yorker released an audio recording of Weinstein speaking with young model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez as part of a 2015 sting operation. The NYPD set up the sting after Gutierrez told authorities that Weinstein groped her the day before.
In the recording, Weinstein makes potentially incriminating comments to Gutierrez, but Weinstein was not arrested or charged with a crime at the time.
After the tape's release, the New York Police Department and the Manhattan DA's office traded public finger-pointing.
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District attorney who didn't prosecute Weinstein will be investigated (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2018
OP
edhopper
(33,590 posts)1. He also didn't prosecute
Ivanka and Jared.
His father was a great man. Sorry to see he isn't.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)2. Wasn't that the same guy who decided not to press charges against
Dumbass Jr. and Princess Moron?
Me.
(35,454 posts)3. Or Strauss-Kahn
And got a big campaign contribution for passing on the Comrade Trump family. I hope this is a way to get rid of him.