October 11, 2018
Harvey Weinstein, left, leaves court with his attorney Benjamin Brafman in New York, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. Manhattan’s district attorney dropped part of the criminal sexual assault case against Weinstein on Thursday after evidence emerged that cast doubt on the account one of his three accusers provided to the grand jury.(Seth Wenig/AP)
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NEW YORK — New York City prosecutors abandoned part of their sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein on Thursday after evidence surfaced that a police detective dead set on putting the Hollywood mogul behind bars had coached a witness to stay silent about evidence that cast doubt on the allegations of one of his earliest accusers.
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS, Associated Press
October 11, 2018
