Harvey Weinstein Returns To Court For Sex Crimes Retrial

NEW YORK CITY — Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes retrial begins on Tuesday with jury selection at a Manhattan courthouse.

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.

Weinstein is 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.

The 73-year-old faces one count of a criminal sex act in the 1st degree in connection to the incident at the Lower Manhattan hotel. He has pleaded not guilty to the charge.

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. In 2022, he was convicted in a separate rape case in Los Angeles.

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 73-year-old has been in jail at Rikers Island since his overturned conviction last year.