Harvey Weinstein will turn himself in on sex crime charges Friday in New York

Harvey Weinstein may finally be heading to prison. 

Almost eight months after he was was first accused of sexual assault and rape by multiple women, a source tells DailyMail.com the embattled movie mogul is set to turn himself into police on Friday in New York City.

This development comes after the Manhattan District Attorney faced growing backlash over their decision to not charge Weinstein, despite the NYPD stating multiple times since late October that there was enough evidence to indict the man.  

The New York Daily News was the first to report on Weinstein’s plan to surrender to authorities. 

There was no comment from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, who had been given cases from the NYPD involving both Lucia Evans and Paz de la Huerta that officers felt were strong enough to go to trial. 

Weinstein assembled a two-person legal team to defend himself against claims that he raped actress de la Huerta earlier this year. 

‘We do not believe an indictment of Mr. Weinstein is imminent. A formal presentation will be made on Mr. Weinstein’s behalf in the appropriate course of the investigation, and we strongly believe we will demonstrate that no criminal charges are warranted,’ said his spokesperson at the time.

It was then noted that Blair Berk and Ben Brafman ‘will be defending Mr. Weinstein in any matters in New York.’

Berk has previously defended celebrities including Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson and Darren Sharper, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2016 after pleading guilty to drugging and raping three women.

Brafman recently represented Martin Shkreli and previously served as an attorney for for the late Michael Jackson.