Harvey Weinstein Retrial Ends In Mistrial On Remaining Rape Charge

NEW YORK CITY — A judge in the Harvey Weinstein sex crimes retrial declared a mistrial on a final charge against him after the jury foreman refused to join the deliberations.

Judge Curtis Farber made the decision on Thursday after the foreman said he was unwilling to continue and was obligated to declare a mistrial on the remaining charged that accused Weinstein of sexually assaulting former actor Jessica Mann.

The announcement comes after Weinstein was convicted on one of the top charges in his sex crimes retrial.

A jury found Weinstein guilty of sexually assaulting one woman but acquitted the former movie mogul of another sex charge.

The partial verdict comes after the sex crimes retrial began on April 23.

Before the mistrial on Thursday, the jury foreman had told the judge that he felt threatened by the other jurors.

Back in October 2024, a judge ruled that Weinstein's two Manhattan sex crimes cases can be consolidated and tried at the same trial.

The retried cases centered around two allegations from 2006 and 2013, Patch previously reported.

Weinstein was also accused of "sexually assaulting a woman in a Lower Manhattan hotel on one occasion between April 29, 2006, and May 6, 2006," according to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

Weinstein's 2020 conviction was overturned in April 2024. In a 4-3 decision, the state Court of Appeals determined that the trial judge improperly allowed testimony concerning allegations unrelated to the case.

Weinstein has consistently denied any wrongdoing, maintaining that all encounters were consensual.

The allegations against Weinstein, which first surfaced in 2017 following bombshell reports in the New York Times and the New Yorker, are widely seen as a turning point in the #MeToo movement.

The Associated Press contributed reporting.