A grand jury in Manhattan voted on Wednesday to indict Tinseltown titan Harvey Weinstein, who was arrested and arraigned May 25 but who declined to testify before the grand jury, on charges of first- and third-degree rape and first-degree criminal sexual act.

According to the indictment, the criminal sexual act pertains to a victim with whom Weinstein allegedly engaged in forcible oral conduct during a period from June to September 2004, and the rape charges relate to a second victim with whom Weinstein had forcible intercourse in 2013.  

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