Film mogul Weinstein extradited to California on rape charges

Harvey Weinstein is wanted in Los Angeles for trial on charges of attacking five women from 2004 to 2013.

Disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been extradited from New York to California on Tuesday to face trial on rape and assault charges, his spokesman and the New York Department of Corrections said. Weinstein, 69, is wanted in Los Angeles for trial on charges of attacking five women from 2004 to 2013. He was handed over to California authorities on Tuesday morning. “This morning at approximately 9:25 (GMT 1300) custody of Mr Harvey Weinstein was handed over to the appropriate officials for transport to the state of California per a court order,” the New York Department of Corrections said in a statement.