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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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What to know about the mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial

Sexual Misconduct Harvey Weinstein - (Steven Hirsch 2026)

A New York judge declared a mistrial Friday in Harvey Weinstein ’s rape case from the #MeToo-era that has gone to trial three times so far after a jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision.

The trial centered on whether Weinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist and actor, in 2013 during a relationship between the then-married Weinstein and the decades-younger Mann. Weinstein’s lawyers argued that the encounter was consensual, while Mann described a hotel-room encounter when he forced himself upon her.

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