A mistrial has been declared in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial on sex crime charges, ending hopes for a final decision in a case that has come to represent the #MeToo movement. The sudden stop happened after the jury foreperson said they would not continue discussions, claiming they felt intimidated and threatened by another juror, per AP News.
This means the third and last charge, a rape accusation involving Jessica Mann, remains unresolved. The retrial, which happened after Weinstein’s original conviction was overturned, had already reached a partial verdict. The jury unanimously found Weinstein guilty on one charge of forced oral sex while clearing him of another, both related to accusations from 2006. This partial verdict came after the foreperson told the judge the jury had agreed on these two charges, but only after the judge asked for an update on their progress.
