
EXPANDING ACCESS TO TREATMENTS.
GOVERNOR CUOMO SAYS THAT HE
IS DIRECTING THE STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL TO LOOK INTO THE HARVEY
WEINSTEIN INVESTIGATION,
SPECIFICALLY THE 2015 CASE IN
WHICH WEINSTEIN WAS ACCUSED OF
SEXUALLY ASSAULT AGO MODEL IN
HIS TRIBECA OFFICE.
CUOMO SAYS HE'S CONCERNED SEXUAL
ASSAULT CASES HAVE NOT BEEN
VIGOROUSLY PURSUED.
AT THE TIME, MANHATTAN DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CYRUS VANCE DECLINED TO
PROSECUTE WEINSTEIN.
THE DA'S OFFICE ISSUED A
STATEMENT TONIGHT SAYING, "WE
ARE CONFIDENT THAT ANY REVIEW
WILL CONFIRM THAT OUR OFFICE HAS
PURSUED ITS INVESTIGATION
WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR, BASED ON
THE MERITS ALONE."
AND
THEY WILL PROVIDE THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL WITH ANY NECESSARY
INFORMATION.
GOVERNOR CUOMO'S
ORDER FOR AN INVESTIGATION DOES
COME AFTER THE TIMES UP MOVEMENT
CALLED FOR A PROBE, ALENLING THE
CASE WAS MISHANDLED BY THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
ALSO TONIGHT, THE WEINSTEIN
COMPANY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY
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