Harvey Weinstein pleads 'not guilty' to new sexual assault charge

Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday, in a New York courtroom, to one new indictment charging him with a first-degree criminal sexual act, as he awaits retrial on another assault case.

Weinstein, 72, was indicted last week after undergoing emergency heart surgery on Sept. 8. The former movie producer arrived Wednesday in a wheelchair at the Manhattan courtroom, where he entered a not guilty plea after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2006 in a New York hotel.

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