Cyrus Vance Jr., the district attorney for New York County, declined to file charges against Weinstein in 2015 after Italian model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez reported that Weinstein assaulted her.
But The New Yorker revealed on Tuesday that during the police investigation of the reported assault, police obtained an audio recording of Weinstein appeared to acknowledge that he groped Gutierrez.
The article features three women who accuse Weinstein of rape, and it also includes numerous allegations of sexual assault and harassment against the producer. The New Yorker story follows a New York Times report last week that described decades of sexual assault allegations against Weinstein, which the producer denied.
Vance's decision not to file charges in Gutierrez's case didn't sit well with two sources involved in the investigation.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office had graphic evidence that billionaire Jeffrey Epstein was a dangerous pedophile even as it argued that he shouldn't have to register as a sex offender, according to records obtained by the New York Post.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office, led by Cyrus Vance, Jr., argued that Epstein should have to register as a level one sex offender in Manhattan, the least restrictive designation. Vance, who still holds the position, is also controversial for declining to pursue sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and for declining to prosecute Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. with charges related to allegedly fraudulent real estate transactions.
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argosciv ago
Linked source articles are from businessinsider.com, texts presented are excerpts. Worth including in your main post, darkknight111.
Cyrus Vance Jr. & Harvey Weinstein: https://archive.fo/L62AR
Cyrus Vance Jr. & Jeffrey Epstein: https://archive.fo/0fkpu
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Vindicator ago
Thanks for adding that, argo.