A brand new rape trial in opposition to former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein led to New York with out the jury reaching a verdict, prosecutors introduced in a press release Friday.
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Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg mentioned he was “upset” that the decide declared a mistrial within the absence of a verdict, whereas the sufferer, a former aspiring actress, “has been combating for justice” for almost a decade.
On this case, it was the third trial, after the annulment of a primary conviction of Harvey Weinstein pronounced in 2020, then the failure of a earlier jury to return a verdict in 2025.
In keeping with the account of Jessica Mann, aged 27 on the time of the information tried since mid-April earlier than the Supreme Prison Courtroom of the State of New York, the American producer raped her in his lodge room in Manhattan in March 2013.
The protection assures that the sexual relationship was consensual.
“We’ll resolve our subsequent steps in session with Ms. Mann and taking into consideration the pending felony conviction of Harvey Weinstein, following the responsible verdict rendered final yr for the sexual assault” in 2006 of a former manufacturing assistant, Miriam Haley, signifies the prosecution.
The 74-year-old founding father of Miramax Studios appealed.
Throughout the identical trial in 2025, the producer of “Pulp Fiction” and “Shakespeare in Love” was additionally acquitted for an alleged sexual assault the identical yr on a Polish mannequin, Kaja Sokola.
Harvey Weinstein, who now makes use of a wheelchair because of well being issues, has additionally appealed his sentence in 2023 in California to 16 years in jail for the rape of a European actress, which occurred greater than ten years beforehand.
Greater than 80 girls have accused him of sexual violence since 2017.
