Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the trial of former film producer Harvey Weinstein, who was extradited from New York to Los Angeles in connection with sex-related counts involving five women.
The grand jury subsequently indicted Weinstein on the same charges.
Weinstein was extradited from New York, where he was convicted of raping an aspiring actress and a criminal sex act against a former production assistant. The state's highest court has since agreed to hear his appeal involving that case. The trial in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom -- including the jury selection process -- is expected to last about two months.
Weinstein -- who remains behind bars -- produced such films as "Shakespeare in Love," which in 1999 received the best picture Oscar, and "Pulp Fiction." A series of articles in the New York Times and the New Yorker during 2017 detailed an extensive history of sexual misconduct allegations against Weinstein, which lead to his downfall and became a catalyst for the #MeToo Movement.
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