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Judge Declares Mistrial in Weinstein Rape Case

Jury deadlocks on Jessica Mann rape charge in Manhattan

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial in New York ended in a mistrial Friday after the jury deadlocked. While the former Hollywood mogul has been convicted of other sex crimes on two US coasts and remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the New York rape charge in limbo after three trials,...

Weinstein Accuser's Note to Self Is Aired at Rape Retrial

In her 2013 missive, Jennifer Mann wrote she'd become 'emotionally attached' to unnamed man

(Newser) - A Harvey Weinstein accuser struggled on the witness stand at his rape retrial on Thursday after being confronted with a previously undisclosed, soul-searching note she wrote to herself two days after the alleged assault. Jessica Mann straightforwardly answered questions about the missive, in which she described becoming "emotionally attached"...

Accuser: Weinstein Had a 'Monster Side'

Jessica Mann testifies against former movie mogul for a third time

(Newser) - Jessica Mann returned to a Manhattan witness stand Tuesday, again accusing Harvey Weinstein of raping her in a Midtown hotel room in 2013. Now 40, the actor is testifying against Weinstein, 74, for a third time after his 2020 rape conviction was tossed and a second trial last year ended...

Harvey Weinstein Goes Back on Trial
Harvey Weinstein
Is Back on Trial
Apr 14, 2026 8:54 AM CDT

Harvey Weinstein Is Back on Trial

New York jurors will weigh rape allegation of just one accuser

(Newser) - After years of #MeToo infamy, legal peril and prison, Harvey Weinstein is again going on trial on a rape charge in New York City. Jury selection is set to start as early as Tuesday in the onetime movie mogul's latest retrial, where jurors will weigh—for the third time—...

Weinstein: I Understand Why Bradley Cooper Won't Call Me

Disgraced producer laments that old Hollywood pals now shun him due to his 'cancel-itis'

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein says he's not just canceled, he's got "cancel-itis." In his first substantial interview since being moved to New York's Rikers Island, the disgraced producer told The Hollywood Reporter that most of his former Hollywood contacts—among them DreamWorks' co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, Netflix co-CEO...

Weinstein Hires Luigi Mangione's Lawyers
Weinstein Hires
Diddy's Lawyers
Feb 26, 2026 2:30 AM CST

Weinstein Hires Diddy's Lawyers

They also count Luigi Mangione as a client

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein has hired Luigi Mangione's and Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyers to represent him at his third New York rape trial, reshaping his legal team after declining to end the case with a guilty plea, the AP reports. The lawyers, Jacob Kaplan, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, confirmed...

Defamation Suit Results From Sister's Weinstein Testimony

Ewa Sokola calls Kaja Sokola's testimony a betrayal

(Newser) - A lawsuit has emerged from Harvey Weinstein's most recent criminal trial, in which two sisters testified. Kaja Sokola accused the disgraced movie mogul of sexual assault. Ewa Sokola was called as a witness to boost her claims, but ultimately ended up helping the defense, the AP reports. Now, Ewa...

Nick Reiner Hires High-Profile Lawyer

Alan Jackson's previous clients include Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey

(Newser) - Nick Reiner has turned to a high-profile Los Angeles defense lawyer as he faces accusations of murdering his parents. Attorney Alan Jackson confirmed Tuesday that he is representing the 32-year-old, People reports. Jackson told reporters outside Los Angeles Superior Court that Reiner would not be making his first court appearance...

2 Weinstein Jurors Regret Their Guilty Votes

They say they were bullied by other jurors, according to new court filing

(Newser) - Two jurors who voted in June to convict Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault said they regret the decision and only did so because others on the panel bullied them, the former movie mogul's lawyers said in a newly public court filing, per the AP . Weinstein's lawyers are seeking...

Weinstein Facing Third Trial in New York

But it's possible he and prosecutors might yet strike a deal to avoid it

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein faces sentencing and a possible retrial in his New York City sex crimes case, but it's still unclear when they'll happen—and whether the former movie mogul will end up in front of another jury at all. Manhattan Judge Curtis Farber said Wednesday he could sentence...

Harvey Weinstein on Prison: 'This Is a Very Rough Place'

Incarcerated ex-film producer chats with Candace Owens about his kids, prison life

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein has no shortage of legal quagmire or controversy to contend with, but the 73-year-old said in an interview from prison that "my family is No. 1, because they're the important thing," adding that if he ever gets out from behind bars, "I'd move...

Weinstein Mistrial Declared as Jury Foreperson 'Bails Out'

He will be tried on rape charge a 3rd time

(Newser) - The judge in Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes case declared a mistrial on the remaining rape charge after the jury foreperson said he wouldn't continue deliberating. Deliberations were ended Thursday, a day after the jury delivered a partial verdict in Weinstein's sex crimes retrial, convicting the ex-studio boss...

Jury Delivers Split Verdict in Harvey Weinstein Retrial

They're still deliberating on a 3rd sex crime charge

(Newser) - Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted Wednesday of one of the top charges in his sex crimes retrial but acquitted of another, and jurors are as yet unable to reach a verdict on a third charge.
  • Weinstein was unanimously found guilty of sexually assaulting Miriam Haley in 2006, but
...

Weinstein Trial Sees Drama in the Jury Room

Jurors are fighting 'and I don't like it,' foreperson says as deliberations enter 3rd day

(Newser) - The foreperson of the jury deliberating in Harvey Weinstein's retrial told the judge Monday that some jurors are ganging up and "pushing people to change their minds" based on information that wasn't presented in court. "They fight together and I don't like it," the...

Weinstein: I 'Acted Immorally' but Didn't Break the Law

In rare new interview, disgraced movie mogul says he has 'regrets' over his actions

(Newser) - No verdict was returned on Friday in Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes retrial , meaning juror deliberations will pick up again on Monday. In the meantime, the disgraced movie mogul and already-convicted sex offender granted a rare interview that aired on Friday, explaining some of his "regrets," per Variety...

As Weinstein Accuser Left the Stand, a Look, Then 'Gurgling'

Disgraced movie mogul's medical episode came after Jessica Mann demanded he look at her

(Newser) - Taking the stand in Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault retrial in New York on Monday, former actor Jessica Mann recounted the alleged 2013 rape for which the movie mogul is charged, noting he held a hotel room door shut to prevent her from leaving. On Tuesday, she returned to the...

Ex-Model Testifies at Weinstein's Retrial

Kaja Sokola testifies former Miramax honcho assaulted her at 16 and 19; 'My soul was removed from me'

(Newser) - A former model tearfully testified Thursday that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16, calling it the most "horrifying thing I ever experienced." Four years later, she said, Weinstein assaulted her again. Kaja Sokola detailed the allegations in front of a jury for the first time...

At Weinstein Trial, Judge Uses Gavel for First Time in 13 Years

'He was the one who raped me ... He did that': accuser, in contentious spat with defense lawyer

(Newser) - One of Harvey Weinstein's accusers broke down in tears and cursed on the witness stand on Friday as a defense lawyer questioned her account of the former Hollywood mogul forcing oral sex on her nearly two decades ago. "He was the one who raped me, not the other...

Harvey Weinstein Moved From Prison to Hospital for Retrial

The former Hollywood mogul on trial again for sexual assault has leukemia and other health issues

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein has been moved to a New York City hospital after a judge approved the ailing ex-studio boss's request to stay there rather than in jail when he's not in court for his #MeToo retrial. The AP reports Judge Paul Goetz late Thursday ordered that Weinstein be...

Weinstein Begs Judge to Get Him Out of Rikers

Defendant wants retrial held sooner, saying he can't survive in the 'hell hole' of a jail

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein said he was "begging the court" on Wednesday to move up his April 15 trial date because the disgraced movie mogul isn't sure he can survive till then in New York City's Rikers Island jail complex. Calling the jail a "hell hole," ABC...

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