Harvey Weinstein will not face fourth New York rape trial

Harvey Weinstein will not face a fourth New York trial over the alleged rape of actress Jessica Mann.

In May, the 74-year-old's third trial over the allegation ended in a mistrial after the jury said it was deadlocked.

The majority-male jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision over whether Weinstein had raped former aspiring actor Ms Mann, now aged 40, in 2013 in a New York hotel.

Ms Mann appeared to support the dismissal of the case, saying in a letter that a prosecutor read to the court: "After a lot of thought and reflection, I have chosen not to proceed with a fourth trial against Harvey Weinstein. It was clear to me at this last trial I could no longer endure going through this any longer."

Weinstein had a neutral expression as court officers led him out of court in his wheelchair.

He had pleaded not guilty to the charge of rape in the third degree, and has denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex.

The May mistrial came nearly a year after another New York jury failed to reach a verdict on a charge tied to Ms Mann's allegations, which she recounted across five days in court.

At his ‌first ⁠trial in New York in 2020, Weinstein was convicted of raping Ms 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 Ms Haley at a trial in June 2025, but found him ​not guilty of assaulting former model Kaja Sokola.

The same jury were ⁠deadlocked on the third-degree rape charge relating to Ms Mann, and a mistrial was declared, paving the way for May's retrial.

Weinstein ​was 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 Ms Haley.

Weinstein had remained in custody at New York's maximum-security prison, Rikers Island, serving a 16-year sentence for a separate Los Angeles conviction of rape and other sexual assault charges, while prosecutors weighed the possibility of a further New York retrial.

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