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Harvey Weinstein’s Third New York Rape Trial Ends in Mistrial
A jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on whether the 74-year-old former film producer raped Jessica Mann in 2013. The case, brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, marked Weinstein’s third trial in New York. He was convicted in his first trial in 2020 on charges involving Mann and another woman.
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Harvey Weinstein’s third trial in New York ended in a mistrial on May 16, 2026, after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on the charge that he raped Jessica Mann. The case, brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, centred on allegations that Weinstein raped Mann in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013. The allegations state that Mann resisted and repeatedly said “No”.
Weinstein, 74, had pleaded not guilty to one count of third-degree rape. He has denied assaulting anyone or having non-consensual sex. Weinstein’s lawyers have argued that Mann fabricated the rape allegation after regretting that her consensual romance with Weinstein failed to advance her film career.
Jessica Mann is a former actress who testified against Harvey Weinstein in Manhattan criminal court in April 2026. At his first trial in New York in 2020, Weinstein was convicted of raping Mann and assaulting Miriam Haley in 2006. Sexual misconduct allegations against Weinstein led to his downfall and fuelled a wider social movement that encouraged women to come forward with accounts of sexual abuse by powerful men.
@SCMPNews reported that Weinstein was a top film producer until the allegations surfaced. The mistrial leaves unresolved the latest attempt by prosecutors to hold him accountable on the 2013 charge involving Mann.
