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Harvey Weinstein faces his next criminal trial in Los Angeles this week

Weinstein, a former Hollywood producer, is already serving his 23 year prison sentence doled out by a New York criminal court two years ago.
Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, pictured in this 2017 file photo, faces his second criminal trial in Los Angeles.

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's second criminal trial over the alleged sexual assaults of women, at least one occurring 18 years ago, is set to take place in Los Angeles this week.

Jury selection begins Monday.

The start of the Los Angeles criminal trial comes five years after the first stories exposing his illicit actions against women were first published by and . Those stories also helped the #MeToo movement expand, eventually taking

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