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NYPD probes 3rd accusation

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NYPD DETECTIVES are investigat­ing a woman’s claims that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her more than 10 years ago in Manhattan, according to a high-ranking police source.

Cops are interviewi­ng the accuser and looking into her claims that the disgraced movie mogul committed a “forcible sex act,” the source said Sunday.

The complaint was called in to police late last week.

The NYPD is also looking to interview at least two women who have come forward with allegation­s of sexual misconduct against Weinstein, the Daily News reported last week.

Investigat­ors are looking into a 2004 incident with a then-aspiring actress named Lucia Evans, who accused Weinstein of forcing her to perform oral sex in his Tribeca office.

Despite a five-year statute of limitation­s at the time, a 2006 law removes the restrictio­n and allows authoritie­s to possibly pursue charges.

Evans first revealed the alleged attack to The New Yorker.

They are also delving into the 2015 allegation­s made by model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez that Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr.’s office decided not to prosecute.

The department’s interest in Weinstein comes as the 65-yearold has emerged as the subject of a spiraling sex-abuse scandal involving allegation­s from more than two dozen women, including A-list actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie.

The criminal investigat­ions into the fallen Hollywood bigwig have now extended across the Atlantic.

London cops have opened a second investigat­ion looking into three separate sexual assault allegation­s made by a woman who came forward over the weekend.

Metropolit­an Police officials, who previously said they’re reviewing an allegation related to an incident from the 1980s, said Sunday that “further allegation­s were made against the same man.”

The statement did not identify Weinstein by name, but several British publicatio­ns reported that he is the subject of both inquiries.

Police said officers from the Child Abuse and Sexual Offenses Command are investigat­ing the newly alleged assaults, which took place in Westminste­r in 2010 and 2011 and in Camden in 2015.

Actress Lysette Anthony revealed herself as the woman behind the 1980s allegation­s.

Anthony, 54, said she met Weinstein when she starred in the 1982 sci-fi film “Krull” and the two became friends.

She alleges that he raped her a few years later in her own home.

“It was pathetic, revolting,” she told The Sunday Times.

Weinstein’s downfall started with a blistering report in The New York Times on Oct. 5 and continued Tuesday with a piece in The New Yorker in which he was accused of raping three women.

Weinstein lost another highprofil­e member of his legal team as the seriousnes­s of the accusation­s against him continue to mount.

Charles Harder, who initially threatened to sue The Times over its story on behalf of Weinstein,

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