The prosecutor's office presented the producer Harvey Weinstein, who did not plead guilty at the preliminary hearing, additional charges.

This was reported by the publication ABCNews referring to a press release of the federal prosecutor of Manhattan Cyrus Vance.

In particular, three criminal episodes of violent acts of a sexual nature are added to the case, the punishment for which can range from ten years in prison to life imprisonment.

These items are added to previous allegations of the rape of two women, including those with aggravating circumstances.

Victim of Weinstein in the new criminal episodes was the third woman. The names of victims in accordance with the law are not called. Crimes in which the producer is accused took place in 2004, 2006 and 2013, the prosecutor specified..

Recall, one of the most notorious sex scandals in Hollywood lately flared up when one of the most influential film producers of the United States Harvey Weinstein was accused of harassment by dozens of women, among whom were famous actresses Angelina Jolie, Uma Thurman and Ashley Judd.