Harvey Weinstein’s third New York rape trial ends in mistrial

Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers THEdge At the cutting edge of education and careers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there Gender Agenda Stories from beyond the binary. The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court in New York on May 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Harvey Weinstein’s third trial in New York over allegations he used his Hollywood clout to prey upon and sexually abuse women ended in a mistrial on Friday (May 15, 2026) after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on a charge that he raped the aspiring actress Jessica Mann. Weinstein (74) is expected to remain behind bars due to his convictions in other cases. Weinstein was a top film producer until sexual misconduct allegations led to his downfall and fuelled a wider social movement that encouraged women to come forward with accounts of sexual abuse by powerful men. His most recent trial centred on allegations brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office that Weinstein raped Mann in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013 while Mann resisted and repeatedly said “No.” Weinstein had pleaded not guilty to one count of third-degree rape and has denied assaulting anyone or having non-consensual sex. His lawyers have argued that Mann fabricated the rape allegation after regretting that her consensual romance with Weinstein failed to advance her film career. Woman accusing Harvey Weinstein of rape describes their complex history Nine jurors picked as Weinstein’s lawyers seek to move him from jail to hospital during MeToo retrial Harvey Weinstein indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of New York retrial At his first trial in New York in 2020, Weinstein was convicted of raping Mann and assaulting onetime production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006. But the state’s highest court overturned the conviction and Weinstein’s 23-year prison sentence after concluding he did not get a fair trial. A Manhattan jury then convicted Weinstein of sexually abusing Haley at a trial in June 2025, but found him not guilty of assaulting former model Kaja Sokola. The jury deadlocked on the third-degree rape charge accusing Weinstein of assaulting Mann, leading Justice Curtis Farber to declare a mistrial on that count. During their third day of deliberations on Friday (May 15, 2026), jurors sent Farber a note saying they were deadlocked. The judge urged them to keep trying to reach a verdict. Farber said outside the presence of the jury that it was clear they were “hopelessly deadlocked” and that there was no reason to keep them any longer. Weinstein was also convicted of rape in California in 2022 and is serving a 16-year prison sentence. He is appealing that conviction and sentence. The Miramax studio co-founder will face up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced for abusing Haley. Copyright© 2026, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. Terms & conditions | Institutional Subscriber Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.

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