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The Trial of Harvey Weinstein

A watershed moment for #MeToo

HARVEY WEINSTEIN ARRIVED HUNCHED OVER A WALKER FOR the Jan. 6 start of his New York City sexual assault trial. On the same day, prosecutors in Los Angeles filed separate rape and sexual-assault charges against the once mighty movie mogul.

The trial in New York is expected to take exposé detailed three decades of sexual-misconduct allegations against Weinstein and prompted dozens of other women in Hollywood to come forward with further accusations.

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