Harvey Weinstein Apologizes for Having Contraband Milk Duds in Jail

Per Variety, Weinstein previously told officials that he brought the Milk Duds with him in July, when he was extradited from New York—where is serving a 23-year prison sentence—to L.A. for the trial. However, according to the outlet, guards had search him upon his arrival to jail and did not find any contraband candy at the time. 

It’s unclear how Weinstein came into possession of the Milk Duds. E! News reached out to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, who oversees the jail, for confirmation of the alleged incident, but hasn’t heard back.

Last year, Weinstein was indicted by a grand jury in L.A. on criminal charges after he was accused of sexually assaulting five women in separate incidents across a span of nearly a decade. The indictment was unsealed in July 21, 2021, when he pleaded not guilty to four counts each of forcible rape and forcible oral copulation, two counts of sexual battery by restraint and one count of sexual penetration by use of force.

The plea came a year after a jury in New York convicted Weinstein of rape in the third degree and criminal sexual act in the first degree on Feb. 24, 2020. He was found not guilty on two counts of predatory sexual assault and one count of rape in the first degree.