Harvey Weinstein New York Rape Retrial Ends in Mistrial

Overview

• Harvey Weinstein’s Manhattan retrial on a third-degree rape charge ended Friday in a mistrial after jurors deadlocked, prompting Judge Curtis Farber to dismiss the panel.
• Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said he was disappointed and thanked the jurors for their service, and his office did not say if it will seek another trial.
• Weinstein’s team said a defense poll found nine of 12 jurors leaned toward acquittal, a claim reported by AFP that has not been independently verified.
• Weinstein, 74, remains in prison on a 16-year California rape conviction and is appealing that case, as well as a 2025 New York verdict for abusing Miriam Haley that could bring up to 25 years at sentencing.
• The unresolved charge stems from Jessica Mann’s account that Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel in 2013, a story she has now testified to in three trials linked to the broader #MeToo reckoning.