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Harvey Weinstein’s 3rd proceedings successful New York implicit allegations helium utilized his Hollywood clout to prey upon and sexually maltreatment women ended successful a mistrial connected Friday (May 15, 2026) aft a assemblage failed to reach a unanimous verdict connected a complaint that helium raped the aspiring histrion Jessica Mann.
Weinstein (74) is expected to stay down bars owed to his convictions successful different cases.
Weinstein was a apical film producer until intersexual misconduct allegations led to his downfall and fuelled a wider societal question that encouraged women to travel guardant with accounts of intersexual maltreatment by almighty men.
His astir caller proceedings centred connected allegations brought by the Manhattan territory attorney’s office that Weinstein raped Mann successful a Manhattan edifice country successful 2013 portion Mann resisted and repeatedly said “No.”
Weinstein had pleaded not blameworthy to 1 number of third-degree rape and has denied assaulting anyone oregon having non-consensual sex. His lawyers person argued that Mann fabricated the rape allegation aft regretting that her consensual romance with Weinstein failed to beforehand her movie career.
At his archetypal proceedings successful New York successful 2020, Weinstein was convicted of raping Mann and assaulting onetime accumulation adjunct Miriam Haley successful 2006. But the state’s highest tribunal overturned the condemnation and Weinstein’s 23-year situation condemnation aft concluding helium did not get a just trial.
A Manhattan assemblage past convicted Weinstein of sexually abusing Haley astatine a proceedings successful June 2025, but recovered him not blameworthy of assaulting erstwhile exemplary Kaja Sokola.
The assemblage deadlocked connected the third-degree rape complaint accusing Weinstein of assaulting Mann, starring Justice Curtis Farber to state a mistrial connected that count.
The retrial began successful April.
During their 3rd time of deliberations connected Friday (May 15, 2026), jurors sent Farber a enactment saying they were deadlocked. The justice urged them to support trying to scope a verdict.
Farber said extracurricular the beingness of the jury that it was wide they were “hopelessly deadlocked” and that determination was nary crushed to support them immoderate longer.
Weinstein was besides convicted of rape successful California successful 2022 and is serving a 16-year situation sentence. He is appealing that condemnation and sentence.
The Miramax workplace co-founder volition look up to 25 years successful situation erstwhile helium is sentenced for abusing Haley.
