Judge declares a mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial after jury says it is deadlocked
Judge Curtis Farber declared a mistrial after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict in Harvey Weinstein’s third Manhattan sex crimes trial.
- On Friday, Harvey Weinstein's third Manhattan sex crimes trial ended in mistrial after jurors deadlocked on whether he raped Jessica Mann in 2013, with Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Curtis Farber declaring the mistrial at just after 1 p.m.
- Weinstein's path to this retrial began when an appeals court overturned his 2020 New York conviction and 23-year prison sentence, citing unfair trial procedures.
- Mann testified she willingly had some sexual contact with the then-married producer but was subjected to unwanted sex after repeatedly saying no, while Weinstein's lawyers argued the encounter was consensual.
- The mistrial leaves the New York rape charge in limbo after three trials, though Weinstein remains incarcerated for convictions in California and on other New York charges, facing up to 25 additional years for the Haley conviction.
- Weinstein, 74, is serving a 16-year California prison sentence from a 2022 rape conviction and remains a symbol of the #MeToo movement that emerged in 2017 and encouraged women to come forward with accounts of sexual abuse by powerful men.
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Judge declares mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial
NEW YORK — Jurors deadlocked in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial Friday, forcing another mistrial in a #MeToo-era case that has gone to trial three times so far. While the former Hollywood mogul has been convicted of other sex crimes on two U.S. coasts and remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the New York rape charge in limbo. Prosecutors were pondering whether to try the case a fourth time, after some jurors said outside court that nine out …
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Weinstein case ends in mistrial
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The spokesman-ReviewJudge declares mistrial in Weinstein rape trial
NEW YORK — A judge in New York City declared a mistrial Friday after the jury in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial was unable to reach a verdict on the charge that the disgraced Hollywood producer raped an aspiring actress in a hotel room in 2013. It’s the second time a jury has not been able to reach a verdict on this charge. The post Judge declares mistrial in Weinstein rape trial appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
Whether the trial will be reopened for the fourth time is unclear. It is clear that the ex-Hollywood producer is accused of raping a prospective actress in a hotel in 2013.
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