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 More than 70 women have accused the co-founder of the Miramax
film studio and Weinstein Co of sexual misconduct, including
rape, with some allegations dating back decades.
The accusations, first reported by the New York Times and the
New Yorker last year, gave rise to the #MeToo movement in which
hundreds of women have publicly accused powerful men in
business, government and entertainment of misconduct.
Weinstein arrived at the station house shortly at about 7:25
a.m. EDT (1125 GMT) wearing a dark jacket over a blue sweater
and white open-collared shirt and dark denim jeans, carrying
what appeared to be three thick books under his right arm.
Police officers escorted him inside as scores of journalists
pushed up against barricades for pictures, while three police
helicopters circled overhead.
Weinstein is expected to be charged with raping one woman and
forcing another to perform oral sex on him, the New York Times
reported, citing unidentified law enforcement officials.
Weinstein has denied having non-consensual sex with anyone.
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Weinstein's spokesman Juda Engelmayer and his lawyer Benjamin
Brafman both declined to comment to Reuters on Thursday on the
imminent charges.
The charges follow a months-long investigation that involved the
Manhattan district attorney's office.
The victim in the rape case has not been identified, the Times
reported, but Weinstein will be charged with first-degree and
third-degree rape. The other case involves allegations by Lucia
Evans, a former aspiring actress who told the New Yorker that
Weinstein forced her to give him oral sex in 2004, the Times
reported.
(Additional reporting by Brendan O'Brien, Peter Szekely and Jonathan
Allen; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
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