On the day Harvey Weinstein received a 23-year sentence in New York following his criminal conviction, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced it has begun the process of extraditing Weinstein to California to face additional sexual assault charges filed against the former movie mogul in January.
The DA’s office has yet to set an arraignment date. Weinstein faces felony charges of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint. The charges stem from separate incidents over a two-day period from 2013.
On Wednesday, Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act.