"Jurors sent a note saying they "have concluded that they cannot reach" a unanimous verdict. Judge Curtis Farber instructed the group to continue deliberating. A hearing was set for June 24 to learn whether prosecutors will choose to go to a fourth trial. Weinstein appeared expressionless as court officers ushered him out in his wheelchair. The mistrial leaves the New York rape charge in limbo after three trials."
"A majority-male New York jury had been weighing whether Weinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist and actor. It happened in 2013 during a fraught relationship between the then-married Weinstein and the decades-younger Mann. Weinstein's lawyers argued that the encounter was consensual. 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."
"Mann has said she was mired in complicated feelings about him, herself and what had happened. Her viewpoint changed in 2017, when a series of allegations against the Oscar-winning Weinstein propelled #MeToo. Some of those accusations generated criminal convictions against Weinstein in New York and California. Weinstein, 74, has said he "acted wrongly" but never assaulted anyone. The current jury heard nearly three weeks of testimony."
A mistrial was declared in New York after jurors concluded they could not reach a unanimous verdict in a rape case involving Jessica Mann. Weinstein remained behind bars after convictions for other sex crimes on two US coasts. The jury had been deliberating for multiple days, and a note indicated stalemate early in the third day. Judge Curtis Farber ordered continued deliberations, but the case still ended without a verdict. A hearing is scheduled for June 24 to determine whether prosecutors will pursue a fourth trial. Weinstein’s 2020 New York conviction was overturned on appeal, and a prior retrial ended with deliberations breaking down amid disputes over Mann’s portion of the case. Weinstein faces one count of rape in the third degree, with Mann testifying she said no to unwanted sex.
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