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Mistrial Declared in Harvey Weinstein Retrial After Jury Deadlocks on Rape Charge
A New York jury deadlocked after nine hours of deliberations over three days on charges that Harvey Weinstein raped actress Jessica Mann in a 2013 hotel encounter. Judge Curtis Farber declared the mistrial on May 15, 2026, nearly a year after a prior jury also failed to reach a verdict on the same accusations.
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A New York judge declared a mistrial Friday in Harvey Weinstein's latest sex crimes retrial after the jury said it could not reach a unanimous verdict on allegations that he raped actress Jessica Mann in a New York City hotel in 2013. " The decision came after the panel deliberated for around nine hours over a three-day period and sent a note to the judge stating it was unable to reach a unanimous decision, NBC News reported.
Weinstein had entered a not guilty plea to a third-degree rape charge.
He has denied allegations of non-consensual intercourse. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg issued a statement the same day. Bragg said his office was "disappointed that the proceeding ended with a mistrial" but respected the outcome.
"We will consider our next steps in consultation with Ms. Mann, and in consideration of Harvey Weinstein’s pending sentencing following last year’s trial conviction for forcibly assaulting Miriam Haley," Bragg added. The mistrial declaration came almost a year after another New York jury was unable to reach a verdict on Jessica Mann’s accusations.
A jury first found Weinstein guilty of third-degree rape connected to Mann and Miriam Haley, a former “Project Runway” production assistant, in 2020. That 2020 conviction was overturned in 2024 by a New York state appeals court. The court ruled that the 2020 trial judge erred by accepting testimony based on allegations not tied to the case.
A separate jury convicted Harvey Weinstein of committing a first-degree criminal act against Miriam Haley in June 2025. Weinstein is imprisoned on a 16-year sentence for a rape conviction in California in 2022.
