(Los Angeles) The former screenwriter and producer of the hospital series ScrubsEric Weinberg, is being prosecuted for multiple cases of sexual assault, the Los Angeles prosecutor’s office announced on Wednesday, five years after the start of the #metoo movement which has profoundly upset Hollywood.
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Also series producer CalifornicationMr. Weinberg “used his reputation in Hollywood to lure young women to photo shoots where he is suspected of having sexually assaulted them”, explained the prosecutor of Los Angeles, Georges Gascon.
The investigation concerns five women for assaults between 2014 and 2019.
According to the prosecution, Mr. Weinberg approached women twice in 2014, posing as a photographer, before sexually assaulting them at his home.
“In 2017, the defendant used the same trick” on another young woman, according to a press release.
“Since his arrest in July, dozens of potential victims have contacted the police,” said the prosecution, which will examine each new case for possible additional prosecution.
Contacted by AFP, Mr. Weinberg’s lawyers were not immediately available.
According to HollywoodReporterhis defense has already refuted these accusations and explained that the screenwriter will explain himself “if necessary, in the only place that matters: a public court”.
These lawsuits were announced on the anniversary of the #metoo movement, exactly five after the publication by the New York Times of an investigation into the rape charges against Harvey Weinstein, who was then a key Hollywood producer.
Since then, millions of women have taken up this key word in many countries to denounce sexual violence and ambient sexism.
Already sentenced to 23 years in prison in a trial in New York, Mr. Weinstein, who continues to claim his innocence, must also be tried from Monday in a new trial in Los Angeles.