After his court appearance, Weinstein was charged with rape, a criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct. However, he was released on bail for $1 million (£750,000). He gave up his passport and agreed not to travel beyond New York and Connecticut, and is also required to wear a monitoring device on his ankle.

The producer’s lawyer, Benjamin Branfman, said that his client would plead not guilty to the charges against him. “We believe that [the charges] are constitutionally flawed,” he told reporters outside the court. “We believe that they are not factually supported by the evidence, and we believe that at the end of the process Mr Weinstein will be exonerated.”

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