The former screenwriter and producer of the hospital series
Scrubs
, Eric Weinberg, is being prosecuted for multiple cases of sexual assault, the Los Angeles prosecutor's office announced on Wednesday October 5, five years after the start of the #MeToo movement which deeply upset Hollywood.
Also producer of the
Californication
series , Eric Weinberg
“used his reputation in Hollywood to attract young women to photo shoots where he is suspected of having sexually assaulted them”
, explained the Los Angeles prosecutor, Georges Gascon.
The investigation concerns five women for assaults between 2014 and 2019. According to the prosecution, Eric Weinberg approached women twice in 2014, posing as a photographer, before sexually assaulting them at his home.
“In 2017, the defendant used the same trick”
on another young woman, according to a press release.
“Since his arrest in July, dozens of potential victims have contacted law enforcement”
, said the prosecution, which will examine each new case for possible additional prosecution.
The anniversary of the #MeToo movement
Contacted by AFP, Eric Weinberg's lawyers were not immediately available.
According to The
Hollywood Reporter
, his defense has already refuted these accusations and explained that the screenwriter will explain
himself “if necessary, in the only place that matters: a public court”
.
These lawsuits were announced on the anniversary of the #MeToo movement, exactly five years after the
New York Times
published an investigation into rape accusations against Harvey Weinstein, who was then a key Hollywood producer. .
Since then, millions of women have taken up this keyword in many countries to denounce sexual violence and ambient sexism.
Already sentenced to 23 years in prison in a trial in New York, Weinstein must also be tried from Monday in a new trial in Los Angeles.
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