New York prosecutors have dropped a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein after three previous trials resulted in an overturned conviction and two hung juries. The decision follows discussions with accuser Jessica Mann, who does not wish to undergo another trial. Weinstein's other convictions remain.
Le procureur de Manhattan abandonne les poursuites contre Harvey Weinstein dans une affaire de viol. L'actrice Jessica Mann, 27 ans à l'époque, accusait l'ex-magnat d'Hollywood de l'avoir violée en 2013. Weinstein, 74 ans, a toujours nié, affirmant que la relation était consentie. C'est le troisième procès non concluant dans cette affaire.
Harvey Weinstein's third trial in New York over sexual abuse allegations ended in a mistrial Friday after a jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on a rape charge involving aspiring actress Jessica Mann. Weinstein, 74, has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Il giudice ha annullato il terzo processo contro Harvey Weinstein dopo che la giuria non è riuscita a raggiungere un verdetto su un'accusa di stupro. La giuria era divisa sulla questione se Weinstein abbia stuprato Jessica Mann nel 2013.
Harvey Weinstein's third New York trial on a rape charge against Jessica Mann ended in a hung jury after three days of deliberations, the second time in a year a jury failed to reach a verdict on the same charge.
Harvey Weinstein's lawyers began cross-examining accuser Jessica Mann at his third rape trial in New York, questioning her complex feelings toward the former Hollywood producer. Mann, 40, alleges Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel in 2013 and again in Beverly Hills in late 2013 or early 2014. Weinstein, 73, was initially convicted in 2020 but an appeals court overturned the verdict, and his first retrial ended in a hung jury.
Jessica Mann began testifying for the third time in a Harvey Weinstein case on Monday, alleging the former movie mogul raped her in a Manhattan hotel in March 2013. Mann, 40, who was trying to break into acting when she met Weinstein at a 2013 engagement party, is central to a retrial after her 2020 conviction was overturned. A jury failed to decide her part of a retrial last year, leaving only her rape charge to be tried again. Weinstein denies sexually assaulting anyone.
Prosecutors in the rape retrial of disgraced US movie mogul Harvey Weinstein told Tuesday how he wielded his power to prey on then-aspiring actress Jessica Mann. Weinstein, a central figure of abuse allegations that spurred the #MeToo movement, appeared at the New York courtroom in a wheelchair due to ill health. He is being retried on a count of third-degree rape against Mann that allegedly happened in 2013 in a Manhattan hotel room. Last June, a judge declared a mistrial on the charge after...
