Harvey Weinstein extradited to Los Angeles for sexual assault charges

Convicted rapist is wanted on trial for charges of attacking five women between 2004 and 2013

Harvey Weinstein has been handed over for extradition from New York to Los Angeles to face more sexual assault charges, New York authorities said on Tuesday.

The disgraced film producer is wanted for trial on charges of attacking five women between 2004 and 2013. In Los Angeles county, he faces 11 counts of sexual assault: four of forcible rape, four of forcible oral copulation, two of sexual battery by restraint and one of sexual penetration by use of force.