Overview
- Prosecutors moved on Thursday to dismiss the unresolved third‑degree rape count tied to Jessica Mann after she told the court in a written statement that she could not endure another retrial, and a judge formally dismissed the charge.
- Mann had already testified in two grand juries and three trials over roughly eight years and said the repeated testimony had caused lasting harm and trauma that led her to step away.
- The Mann count became the last unresolved strand of a lengthy procedural history that included a 2020 conviction overturned by the New York Court of Appeals in 2024 and two subsequent retrials that ended in hung juries.
- Manhattan prosecutors asked the court to proceed to sentencing on Weinstein’s separate conviction for a criminal sexual act involving Miriam Haley and recommended a 20‑year prison term for that count.
- Weinstein remains in custody on other New York and California convictions, is serving a 16‑year sentence in California, and continues to pursue appeals while his New York sentencing and requests for credit for time served proceed.