Harvey Weinstein Guilty of Sexual Assault in Retrial

Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of sexual assault in a New York retrial. The jury convicted him of assaulting former television production assistant Miriam Haley, but found him not guilty of assaulting model Kaja Sokola. The jury has yet to return a verdict on a rape charge involving actress Jessica Mann. The conviction adds to a 16-year sentence Weinstein is already serving for sex crimes in Los Angeles. Weinstein's lawyers argued that his encounters with the women were consensual, but the three women testified that he used his power to sexually abuse them. The case was part of the #MeToo movement against sex abuse by powerful men.

A mistrial was declared in Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes trial in New York after a juror refused to continue deliberating on a rape charge related to actress Jessica Mann. The jury had already found Weinstein guilty of one count of sexual assault and not guilty of another, but was deadlocked on the final rape charge. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg plans to retry the rape charge, and Mann has stated she is willing to testify again. Weinstein's previous New York conviction was overturned last year, and he is already serving a 16-year sentence for a Los Angeles sex crimes conviction.

Jurors in Harvey Weinstein's second New York sex crime trial deliberated amid rising tensions and personal attacks, with one juror accusing another of being "bought out" by Weinstein or his lawyers. Despite initial cooperation, the discussions devolved, with jurors yelling at each other and making threats. The foreman, who had emigrated from the Dominican Republic, became concerned and sent a note to the judge, citing pressure from other jurors to change his vote. The judge instructed the jury to work collaboratively, but the deliberations ultimately broke down, resulting in a mistrial on one of the charges. The Manhattan district attorney's office has pledged to retry Weinstein for a third time, while Weinstein's lawyer has denied any wrongdoing and called for a thorough investigation into the jurors' interactions.