Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes trial in a Los Angeles court begins Monday. The 70-year-old is facing 11 more charges of abuse.

The Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love and Pulp Fiction producer is currently serving 23 years in jail in New York after being convicted for sexual assaults, including rape.

The charges for which he is set to face trial starting Monday include allegations of assault and rape against women in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles hotels from 2004 to 2013. 

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Weinstein has denied the allegations against him. If convicted, he could face up to 140 more years in prison.

Jury selection for the trial, which could last for two months, is set to begin Monday.

Weinstein’s lawyer told the media that the latest round of West Coast allegations “stem from many years ago” and cannot “be substantiated or corroborated by any forensic evidence” or “credible witnesses.”

He will be tried again in California for sex crimes.

Weinstein’s case came to light when The New York Times in October 2017 revealed statements from several women accusing him of sexual assault. This happened in the early days of the MeToo movement.

Some of Hollywood’s A-list actresses, including Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Salma Hayek, accused Weinstein of assault or harassment. 

Since then, more than 90 women have come forward to accuse Weinstein of indecent and often criminal behavior. However, the producer argued that all sexual encounters were consensual. witnesses.

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The New York Film Festival said it will this week screen the film, “She Said” about the 2017 New York Times investigation into the allegations against Weinstein.

In June, reports surfaced that Weinstein was also to be charged with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996.