US Edition7 women and 5 men picked for jury in Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial
- Opening statements for Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial began on April 23, 2025, five years after his original trial was overturned by a New York appeals court.
- The new jury consists of seven women and five men, different from the previous jury panel that convicted him in 2020.
- Weinstein faces multiple charges, including third-degree rape and criminal sex acts against accusers Miriam Haley and Jessica Mann, while maintaining his not guilty plea.
- The trial is being prosecuted by the Manhattan District Attorney's Special Victims Division, focusing on the facts of the case.
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Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial opens with new allegations of sexual assault from former model
Harvey Weinstein's retrial opened Wednesday, giving a new jury a fresh look at rape and sexual assault allegations levied against the Hollywood producer — plus a newly added claim from a former model. Five years after his original conviction, which was overturned in 2024, Weinstein is being retried on criminal sex act charges.
The new rape trial against Harvey Weinstein began on Wednesday with opening statements, five years after his original, iconic trial of the #MeToo movement, represented a strong reckoning for one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures. The case is being re-tried because an appeals court overturned the historic conviction of 2020. The new trial is being held in the same Manhattan court as the first trial, and two accusers who testified then are expe…
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