Rose McGowan was indicted by a grand jury Monday for a January 2017 cocaine possession charge, but the actress believes she is being framed by Harvey Weinstein.

McGowan previously accused Weinstein of rape in 1997 and became one of the most outspoken actresses in the #MeToo movement to try and bring the disgraced Hollywood producer to justice. Weinstein has since been ousted from his company, lost his membership to the Oscars/Academy Award (AMPAS) committee, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), the Producers Guild of America (PGA), and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). Weinstein was also officially charged on May 25, 2018, with "rape, criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct for incidents involving two separate women" following a month-long investigation by the New York Police Dept. McGowan believes Weinstein is fighting back against her.

McGowan’s lawyer, Jose Baez, told Fox News in a statement: “Rose steadfastly maintains her innocence. These charges would have never been brought if it weren’t for her activism as a voice for women everywhere. I assure you, this selective prosecution will be met with a strong defense.”

On January 20, McGowan flew to the Women's March and said she reported her wallet as missing after she arrived at the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia. In court papers filed February, lawyer Jessica Carmichael said five hours had passed between the time McGowan got off the plane and her wallet was found by a cleaning crew with several small bags of cocaine. McGowan told The New Yorker, that her wallet must have been taken from her backpack while she was traveling, possibly when she left it on her airline seat while using the restroom, and the drugs were planted.

"There is simply no point in time at which the evidence places Ms. McGowan and the cocaine together in the same place,” stated Carmichael, who argued the drugs may well have been planted, citing "the underhanded targeting of Ms. McGowan" by Weinstein.

"It is now public knowledge that Weinstein employed underhanded tactics to 'silence' his victims," she wrote, citing previous reports that Weinstein hired private investigators to trail women who had accused him of mistreatment and used certain publications to plant seedy stories about the women.

McGowan previously told The New Yorker that she "will clearly plead not guilty." She could face up to a year in prison if convicted.

Source: foxnews.com