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Women ‘disheartened’ by UK decision to halt Harvey Weinstein charges

Film producer’s former assistant says decision calls into question justice system’s attitude to sexual assault and rape

Women who were key to exposing the disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein have told of frustration at the decision by UK prosecutors to discontinue two indecent assault charges against him. Zelda Perkins, a former personal assistant to Weinstein who broke a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) to help expose him as a rapist, said the decision called into question the justice system’s attitude towards sexual assault and rape. The CPS announced earlier this month that it was discontinuing the charges of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996 after a review of evidence found “there is no longer a realistic prospect of conviction”.

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