Harvey Weinstein's third sex crimes trial in New York ends in mistrial

Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on May 14, 2026. Spencer Platt/ hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/ Editor's note: This story includes descriptions of allegations of sexual assault and rape. Harvey Weinstein's latest sex crimes trial ended with a hung jury Friday, on the third day of deliberations. It was the second time in a year a jury was unable to reach a verdict on the same charge. Accusations against the former Hollywood mogul came to define the #MeToo movement , and he was first convicted of assaulting Jessica Mann in 2020. The former aspiring actress testified Weinstein raped her at a DoubleTree hotel in Manhattan in 2013. But that verdict, along with another charge, was later overturned . In a second New York trial last summer , Weinstein was found guilty on one count of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and not guilty on another. But a third charge, of raping Mann, ended in a mistrial after the jury foreperson declined to return to deliberations, citing concerns for his safety. Weinstein had returned to court for a third New York trial in April, this one focusing on Mann's allegations. But on Friday morning, Judge Curtis Farber received a note from jurors stating they were unable to reach a unanimous decision. Farber then read jurors a modified deadlock charge , known as an Allen charge, urging them to resume deliberations. Jurors soon responded with another note restating their position. …