Harvey Weinstein, who was spared from prosecution in Britain on Thursday, now faces the prospect of a new indictment in New York, where prosecutors retrying the disgraced movie mogul’s rape case are taking steps to potentially charge him with up to three additional sex assaults. Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which authorised two charges of indecent assault against Weinstein in 2022, announced that it decided to discontinue the proceedings because there was “no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.” 

On the other hand, the Manhattan district attorney’s office in New York has begun presenting evidence to a grand jury of up to three previously uncharged allegations against Weinstein—two sexual assaults in the mid-2000s and one in 2016. The New York grand jury’s term expired yesterday, and a vote on an indictment is expected this weekend, though it is possible the process could extend beyond that. Prosecutors said they would seek to combine any new charges with ones previously brought against Weinstein, 72, so that they could be tried together.