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Defiant Harvey Weinstein denies sex crimes charges. He 'did not invent the casting couch,' attorney says

NEW YORK - In a milestone for the #MeToo movement, disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to New York authorities Friday morning, and prosecutors filed criminal charges against him, including rape.

Weinstein was charged with rape in the first degree, rape in the third degree and committing a criminal sexual act in the first degree for alleged forcible sexual acts against two women in 2013 and 2004, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said in a statement. Authorities have withheld the alleged victim's names, although one is believed to be a woman who went public with allegations against Weinstein in a magazine article last year.

On Friday morning, Weinstein

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