Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Trial Ends in a Mistrial Again

New York prosecutors hoped that the third time would be the charm in the ongoing legal battle against Harvey Weinstein, but for the second year in a row, the disgraced producer’s rape case has ended in a mistrial. Last summer, Justice Curtis Farber of Manhattan’s State Supreme Court declared a mistrial when juror tensions prevented the group from reaching a verdict. The jury in Weinstein’s second retrial seemed less at odds than the last jury, but were deadlocked after two days of litigation. The hung jury in this third case means that Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s office will have to decide if it will try Weinstein for a fourth time on rape charges filed by actress Jessica Mann, who alleged the producer assaulted her on a trip to New York in 2013. Weinstein has been serving time at Rikers since 2020. He still holds a 16-year prison sentence for his 2022 rape and sexual misconduct conviction in California, which he is appealing.