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Weinstein Taps Kaplan, Agnifilo and Geragos to Lead Potential Third New York Trial

A March 4 status hearing will set the path for a possible retrial on the unresolved Jessica Mann rape charge.

FILE - Attorney Marc Agnifilo, left, and Teny Geragos, right, for Sean "Diddy Combs, arrive at Manhattan federal court, Oct. 10, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs lawyer Teny Geragos arrives to the Manhattan federal court for the sentencing of Combs in New York, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
FILE - Marc Agnifilo, defense attorney for Sean "Diddy" Combs, arrives at court on July 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
FILE - Jacob Kaplan, center, an attorney for Keith Raniere leaves Federal Court, April 20, 2018, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Overview

  • Court papers confirm Jacob Kaplan, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos will take over Weinstein’s courtroom defense as Arthur Aidala shifts to appeals and civil matters.
  • The remaining New York case concerns an allegation that Weinstein raped Jessica Mann in a Manhattan hotel in 2013, classified as third-degree rape.
  • The trial penciled in for March 3 was postponed with no new date set, and prosecutors and defense are preparing to update the court at the March 4 conference.
  • A 2025 retrial yielded a split outcome with a conviction on Miriam Haley’s allegation, an acquittal on Kaja Sokola’s allegation, and no verdict on the Mann charge after jurors deadlocked.
  • Weinstein remains incarcerated and is also serving a separate California sentence under appeal, while his new lawyers juggle other high-profile cases that could influence scheduling.