CPS says charges have been authorised against US former film producer over alleged 1996 assault in London
The Crown Prosecution Service has said it has authorised the Metropolitan police to charge ex-film producer Harvey Weinstein with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in August 1996.
Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS special crime division, said: “Charges have been authorised against Harvey Weinstein, 70, following a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan police in its investigation.