Harvey Weinstein Trial Ends in Mistrial After Jury Deadlocks on Rape Charge
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Brian Welk
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· 2 sourcesA Manhattan judge declared a mistrial in the Harvey Weinstein case after the jury deadlocked following two to three days of deliberations, according to IndieWire and Rolling Stone. The trial involved a single accuser, Jessica Mann, regarding a 2013 rape allegation, Rolling Stone reported. Judge Curtis Farber has given prosecutors 30 days to decide whether to pursue a fourth trial, as Weinstein is already serving a 23-year prison sentence for a separate 2020 conviction, IndieWire noted.
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Summary
A Manhattan judge declared a mistrial in the Harvey Weinstein case after a jury deadlocked following two days of deliberations. The trial involved a single accuser, Jessica Mann, regarding a 2013 rape allegation. Weinstein is already serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York for a separate 2020 conviction.
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· 3 pulledA judge in Manhattan declared a mistrial in a case against Harvey Weinstein after a jury was deadlocked and failed to come to a consensus on a verdict following two days of deliberation on Friday, May 15.
Weinstein, the disgraced former producer currently serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York in Riker's Island, was on trial for what was now the third time involving a rape accusation from an aspiring actress back in 2013.
The case involved the testimony of a single accuser, Jessica Mann, rather than the testimonies of multiple accusers.
