Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein arrested on rape charges in New York, released on $1 million bail

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It was the moment the #MeToo movement had been waiting for: Harvey Weinstein in handcuffs. AP

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Weinstein lumbered into a police station carrying books that harkened to his show-business roots: one on the Broadway songwriting team of Rodgers and Hammerstein, and another about famed film director Elia Kazan. AP

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His lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said that he would fight to get the charges dismissed. AP

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The charges stem from encounters with two of the dozens of women — some famous, some not — who have accused him of sexual misdeeds. AP

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In this courtroom sketch, Harvey Weinstein, center, is escorted into New York County Criminal Court in New York. AP