July 9 (UPI) -- Disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to face new rape allegations in his retrial this fall, prosecutors say.
"A number of women came forward to indicate they were raped by the defendant in Manhattan," Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg told a New York judge Tuesday about several other women who were not yet prepared to speak during Weinstein's 2020 trial.
Some of the alleged "violent" and "trauma-informed" incidents that allegedly took place in Manhattan fall within the statute of limitations, prosecutors believe, who expect a trial by November, although Weinstein's defense team is pushing for it to be sooner.
His defense alleges the prosecution is utilizing delay tactics.
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