"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."
"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."
"Mann, 40, has testified that she willingly had some sexual interludes with the then-married producer, but that he subjected her to unwanted sex that day after she repeatedly said no. Weinstein's lawyers have emphasized that Mann subsequently continued seeing Weinstein after the encounter and expressing warmth toward him."
"The mistrial leaves the New York rape charge in limbo after three trials. An appeals court overturned his 2020 New York conviction on charges that involved Mann and another accuser. At a retrial last year, jury deliberations broke down amid infighting on Mann's portion of the case, leading to this current retrial."
A New York rape retrial involving Harvey Weinstein ended in a mistrial after the jury deadlocked. The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether Weinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist and actor. The case centers on an encounter in 2013 during Weinstein’s relationship with Mann while Weinstein was then married. Weinstein’s lawyers argued the encounter was consensual. Mann testified that she agreed to some sexual interludes but that Weinstein subjected her to unwanted sex after she repeatedly said no. The jury sent a note indicating it could not reach a unanimous verdict, and the judge instructed continued deliberations. The mistrial leaves the New York rape charge unresolved after three trials.
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