Shamed movie producer Weinstein pleads not guilty to new sex assault charge

Harvey Weinstein is awaiting retrial after his conviction for rape in 2020 was overturned (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.

A new indictment charged the jailed ex-movie mogul with committing a criminal sex act, accusing him of forcing oral sex on a woman at some point between April 29 2006 and May 6 of that year.