NEW YORK \u2014 Harvey Weinstein’s third trial in New York over allegations he used his Hollywood clout to prey upon \u200band sexually abuse women ended in a mistrial on Friday, after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on a charge he raped the aspiring actress Jessica Mann.<\/p>\n
Weinstein, 74, is expected to remain behind bars due to his convictions \u200cin other cases.<\/p>\n
Weinstein was a top Oscar-winning film producer until sexual misconduct allegations led to his downfall and fueled a wider social movement that encouraged women to come \u2060forward with accounts of sexual abuse by powerful men.<\/p>\n
His most recent trial \u200bcentered on Mann’s allegation that Weinstein raped her in a \u2060Manhattan hotel room in 2013 while Mann resisted and repeatedly said “no.”<\/p>\n
It was not immediately clear whether prosecutors would seek to try \u200cthe case for a fourth time.<\/p>\n
Manhattan \u200cDistrict Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office brought the case, said his office was disappointed but respected the jury system.<\/p>\n
“We \u2060will consider our next steps in consultation with Ms. Mann,” Bragg said in \u2060a statement.<\/p>\n
Defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo told reporters outside the courthouse that he would encourage prosecutors to drop the case, saying nine jurors voted not guilty and three voted guilty.<\/p>\n
“In my view, they were lucky to have won over three jurors,” Agnifilo said of the prosecutors.<\/p>\n
Mann said she told the truth, but did not clearly indicate how she wanted to proceed.<\/p>\n
“I deserve justice,” Mann said in a statement.<\/p>\n
First conviction overturned<\/p>\n
Weinstein had pleaded not guilty to one count of third-degree rape and \u200chas denied assaulting anyone or having non-consensual sex. His lawyers have argued that Mann fabricated \u200bthe rape allegation after regretting that her consensual romance with Weinstein failed to advance her film career.<\/p>\n
At his first trial in New York in 2020, Weinstein was convicted of raping Mann and assaulting one-time production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006. But the state’s highest court overturned the conviction and Weinstein’s 23-year prison sentence after concluding he did not get a fair trial.<\/p>\n
A Manhattan jury then convicted Weinstein of sexually abusing Haley at a trial in June 2025, but found him not guilty of assaulting former model Kaja Sokola.<\/p>\n
That jury deadlocked on the third-degree rape charge accusing Weinstein of assaulting Mann, leading Justice \u200bCurtis Farber to declare a mistrial on that count.<\/p>\n
The retrial began in April.<\/p>\n
‘Hopelessly deadlocked’<\/p>\n
During their third day of deliberations on Friday, jurors sent Farber a note \u200csaying they were \u200cdeadlocked. The judge urged \u2060them to keep trying to reach a verdict.<\/p>\n
Farber said outside the presence of the jury that it was clear they were “hopelessly deadlocked” and that there was no reason to keep them any longer.<\/p>\n
He told lawyers for both sides to return for a hearing on June 25.<\/p>\n
Juror Josh Hadar, 57, told reporters outside the courthouse that he voted not guilty over what he said were “contradictions” in Mann’s testimony.<\/p>\n
Weinstein was \u200calso convicted of rape in California \u200bin 2022 and is serving a 16-year prison sentence. He is appealing \u200cthat conviction and sentence.<\/p>\n
The Miramax studio \u2060cofounder will face up to \u200b25 years in prison when he is sentenced for abusing Haley.<\/p>\n
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