Harvey Weinstein Rape Case To Go Before NYC Grand Jury: Report

NEW YORK, NY — Manhattan prosecutors plan to bring a case against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein to a grand jury next week, according to a new report from NBC News 4 New York. Police have been investigating Weinstein's alleged 2010 rape of actress Paz de la Huerta in Manhattan.

The Manhattan district attorney's office will be seeking an indictment of Weinstein "as early as next week," a "senior official familiar with the investigation" told NBC.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. told the station he could not comment on the status of the investigation. But an indictment in the case would bring the first criminal charges against Weinstein since recent revelations of his history of sexual assault and harassment.

"We are not commenting on the investigation or any timeline," Joan Vollero, a spokeswoman for Vance, said in a statement.

The NYPD corroborated de la Huerta's story after she called police on Oct. 25, Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told reporters Friday. She told CBS last week that Weinstein raped her in her Manhattan apartment in October 2010.

The "Boardwalk Empire" actress was able to "articulate each and every movement of the crime — where she was, how they met, where this happened and what he did," Boyce said.

"If this person was still in New York and it was recent, we would go right away and make the arrest, no doubt. But we're talking about a seven-year-old case," Boyce said.

The news of a possible indictment comes as Vance faces a spirited write-in campaign to unseat him in Tuesday's election. The Democrat came under scrutiny after reports last month that he took campaign donations from one of Weinstein's lawyers after dropping a 2015 criminal case against Weinstein.

Read the full NBC News 4 New York report here.

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