Not backing off on Harv – NYPD
A TOP COP pushed back Monday against the claim that New York’s criminal probe of Harvey Weinstein is losing steam.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said the case is not only moving forward — but is expected to grow.
“It’s a known active case, and it’s going to keep going forward,” he said Monday. Boyce said detectives are in Los Angeles and others in Paris.
“I’ve sent them pretty much around the world,” he said. “There’s a lot to this case. This is no small issue. But we’re going to keep going forward because we believe there’s other victims out there. Whether they’re in New York, L.A., London or anywhere else in the world we’ll go forward with the case. And we’ll share. We speak to the Metropolitan Police Service in London quite often.”
Three days ago, a lawyer for “Boardwalk Empire” actress Paz de la Huerta accused Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. of dragging his feet.
De la Huerta claims Weinstein raped her at her Manhattan apartment on two occasions in 2010.
Her lawyer, Carrie Goldberg, said the DA “has copious amounts of evidence and no reason to delay indictment.”
Goldberg said she had concerns after prosecutors sat down with Weinstein’s high-powered lawyers last month even though no charges have been filed.
She argued the attorneys for Weinstein (photo) used similar tactics in 2015 when they successfully lobbied the DA’s office to reject the groping allegations brought by model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez.
“We are pleased with NYPD’s unwavering commitment to holding Harvey Weinstein accountable,” Goldberg said Monday.
Boyce said he remains in close contact with the DA’s office and has been assured the case is active.
“There has been no determination about where it’s going to go or what timeline as far as when it’s going to go to the grand jury,” Boyce said.
A source confirmed to the Daily News on Monday that detectives on Oct. 31 interviewed Lauren Sivan, a former TV news anchor at Long Island 12, who says the mogul cornered her at the New York restaurant Socialista in 2007 and forced her to watch him masturbate.
She is among more than 50 women who have accused the Oscar winner of sexual assault or sexual harassment since detailed exposés in The New York Times and The New Yorker opened the floodgates with claims from actresses Ashley Judd, Rose McGowan and others.
A Weinstein spokeswoman said the producer denies any allegations of nonconsensual sex.