NEW YORK, June 25 - Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday moved to drop a third-degree rape charge against Harvey Weinstein after the disgraced movie mogul’s accuser said she did not want to testify in what would have been a fourth trial. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

New York prosecutors have decided to drop the unresolved rape charge against Harvey Weinstein. The move ends repeated retrial efforts in the #MeToo-era case, though he remains jailed on other convictions.

Weinstein still stands convicted of another sexual felony in New York and others in California, and he is still behind bars.

New York prosecutors say they’ll drop a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein instead of trying the former movie mogul for a fourth time in the state.