Detective Nicholas DiGaudio, who was investigating the case of producer Harvey Weinstein, was accused of manipulating the victim.

According to The Guardian, it became known that a police officer was persuading the victim of the accused to delete some information on her smartphone..

It is noted that the woman who accused Weinstein of rape in 2013, had to provide the phone to the prosecutor's office, because the device could contain information about calls from the accused. The victim was worried about the fact that the phone contained personal information that she did not want to share with the investigators.. She asked DiGaudio what to do, and the detective advised to remove unwanted information.

However, now the woman consulted with her lawyer, who assured her to make the conversation with the detective public..

Interestingly, DiGaudio was previously excluded from the investigation precisely because he advised the witness not to make any public statements when she expressed doubt that one of Vainshtein’s victims had sex with the producer without coercion..

The situation with the detective also commented on the lawyer Harvey Weinstein, who said that such incidents undermine the credibility of the entire trial of a Hollywood producer.

Recall, recently, prosecutors removed one of the three charges of rape, which were put forward Weinstein.

On the eve of May, Weinstein surrendered to New York police and was released on bail of a million dollars.