Harvey Weinstein has been in prison since February 2020
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Harvey Weinstein is on trial for a second time this week on accusations of sexual assault.
The 70-year-old former film mogul is facing 11 sexual assault charges for alleged attacks against five women between 2004 and 2013.
Weinstein has been in prison since February 2020 when a New York jury convicted him of rape in the third degree for his assault on one woman and a criminal sex act on another.
He has been sentenced to 23 years behind bars but has always maintained his innocence.
The proceedings, which will begin in a California courtroom, include counts of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual battery by restraint and sexual penetration by use of force.
The jury selection will kick off the hearing on Monday. If convicted of all charges he could be sentenced to a maximum total of 140 years in prison.
Weinstein’s lawyer, Mark Werksman, said: “All of the allegations against Mr Weinstein are either fabricated, or they result from consensual sexual relationships that his accusers now falsely characterize [sic] as sexual assaults.”
The former producer and financier of Miramax and the Weinstein Co. sought to have his conviction overturned but a five-judge panel upheld the ruling.
Weinstein is looking to appeal the conviction.
