Judge declares a mistrial in Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial after jury says it is deadlocked

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Source: Associated Press, via WTOP

Judge declares a mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial after jury says it is deadlocked

The Associated Press
May 15, 2026, 1:30 PM


Harvey Weinstein appears with attorneys Marc Agnifilo, left, and Jacob Kaplan in Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in New York. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)(AP/Spencer Platt)

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ’s rape retrial ended in a mistrial Friday after the jury deadlocked in the closely watched #MeToo-era case that another jury failed to decide last year.

While the former Hollywood mogul has been convicted of other sex crimes on two U.S. coasts and remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the New York rape charge in limbo after three trials. Weinstein appeared expressionless as court officers ushered him out in his wheelchair.

A majority-male Manhattan jury had been weighing whether Weinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist and actor. Weinstein’s lawyers argued that the encounter was consensual. It happened in 2013 during a fraught relationship between the then-married Weinstein and the decades-younger Mann.

The signs of stalemate emerged Friday a few hours into the third day of deliberations. Jurors sent a note saying they “have concluded that they cannot reach” a unanimous verdict. Judge Curtis Farber instructed the group to continue deliberating. That’s generally what New York judges do at least the first time a jury says it’s stuck. ... A hearing was set for June 24 to learn whether prosecutors will choose to go to a fourth trial.

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Read more: https://wtop.com/national/2026/05/jurors-struggle-to-decide-harvey-weinsteins-rape-retrial/

[Marie Marie]

1. How long are these vile rapists going to get away with their abuse of women (and/or girls)?

I thought that the Me Too Movement was moving us all in the right direction. But here we are...

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Isn't he sitting in jail? He could die while mistrials continue. There's a happy thought! ❤️

[Marie Marie]

3. You know, i hadn't thought about that. I hope he is because

that is at least some form of accountability even if he hasn't been declared guilty. With so many women accusing him, I am not willing to give him the "innocent until proven guilty" benefit of the doubt. He is a creep.