Mistrial: Harvey Weinstein’s Latest Rape Case Ends With Jury Deadlocked

Harvey Weinstein‘s 3rd New York rape proceedings has ended pinch a deadlocked assemblage and a authorities judge declaring a mistrial.

The decsion by a intelligibly disappointment Judge Curtis Farber came pursuing conscionable 3 days of deliberations by nan jury. Earlier Friday, nan jurors came retired from down closed doors to show nan judge they couldn’t scope a verdict connected nan overmuch accused and overmuch antecedently convicted King’s Speech producer. Seeking a telephone connected nan third-degree rape charge, Judge Faber cautioned they walk much clip connected nan matter. That timepiece ran retired astir 30 minutes agone and Faber pulled nan plug.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s agency person a period to notify nan tribunal if they want to spell for a 4th proceedings connected Weinstein’s alleged battle of Jessica Mann.

Always insisting connected his innocence connected nan Mann accusations and each different one, Weinstein was recovered blameworthy successful 2020 of raping nan actress, but that condemnation was overturned by a higher tribunal successful 2024. A bitterly fought retrial past twelvemonth ended in a mixed verdict.

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