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Article snippet: The Los Angeles police are investigating a woman’s claim that she was raped by Harvey Weinstein, the former movie mogul, who is already under investigation in New York and London for alleged sexual assaults in those cities. “The Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery Homicide Division has interviewed a potential sexual assault victim involving Harvey Weinstein, which allegedly occurred in 2013,” a department spokesman, Officer Sal Ramirez, said. Because the case is under investigation, he said, there was “no further information at this time.” On Oct. 5, The New York Times reported that Mr. Weinstein had reached settlements with at least eight women who claimed that he sexually harassed or made unwanted physical contact with them. On Oct. 10, The New Yorker reported on accusations of sexual assault, harassment and coercion from a number of other women. Since then, dozens of women, including some of the world’s best-known actresses, have stepped forward with a wide range of allegations against Mr. Weinstein — that he had harassed them, pressured them for sex, threatened their careers if they did not comply, or sexually assaulted them. A prominent Los Angeles lawyer, David M. Ring, said that the woman making the latest allegation was his client, an Italian actress and model, and that police detectives had interviewed her on Thursday. He said the women who have spoken out “gave my client the support and encouragement to hold Weinstein accountable for this horrible a... Link to the full article to read more