Topline: A new Manhattan jury is set to hear opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial, nearly eight years after his arrest and after one conviction was overturned and another jury deadlocked.
Published: April 22, 2026 2:00 pm ET
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A new Manhattan jury is set to hear opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial, nearly eight years after his arrest and after one conviction was overturned and another jury deadlocked.
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Opening statements are scheduled for Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein’s latest New York rape retrial, putting one of the central criminal cases of the #MeToo era back before a jury after years of appeals, retrials, and unresolved allegations.
The retrial centers on a rape charge tied to a 2013 encounter in a Manhattan hotel, a charge that has remained active even after Weinstein was convicted on some sex crime counts and acquitted on others in cases brought on both coasts.
According to News4JAX, the rape count has remained unresolved because an earlier conviction was overturned and a later jury failed to reach a verdict. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty and has denied ever engaging in nonconsensual sex. In court earlier this winter, he said he had been unfaithful to his then-wife and had acted wrongly, but insisted he never assaulted anyone.
The jury selected for the retrial consists of seven men and five women. Prospective jurors were questioned over several days last week about their familiarity with Weinstein and whether they could remain fair and impartial regardless of what they had heard about the former producer.
Weinstein is now 73 and serving time as a prison inmate. Once one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood, he was an Academy Award-winning producer and studio executive associated with films including Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare in Love, and Gangs of New York, as well as the television series Project Runway. He was also known as a prominent Democratic donor.
His public downfall began in 2017, when years of private allegations and industry whispers turned into public accusations in news reports and on social media. Those revelations led to criminal prosecutions in both New York and Los Angeles.
The accuser in the retrial, Jessica Mann, was a hairstylist who hoped to build an acting career when she met Weinstein at a Los Angeles-area party in late 2012 or early 2013. Mann has previously testified that she initially sought a professional connection but ended up in what she described as an ambivalent consensual relationship with Weinstein.
Mann said that during a March 2013 trip to New York with a friend, she arranged a breakfast with Weinstein. In her prior testimony, she said he later trapped her in a hotel room, ignored her objections, demanded that she undress, grabbed her arms, and raped her as she tried to get out of the room.
Weinstein’s former lawyers argued at the earlier trial that Mann continued seeing him afterward, accepted invitations, sought career help, and sent him warm messages. Weinstein has changed legal teams for the retrial, and the defense strategy this time could differ from prior proceedings.
The retrial is expected to last as long as four weeks.
Presumption of Innocence: A presumption of innocence means that any defendant in a criminal trial is presumed to be innocent until they have been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. The defendant in this case is only accused of the charges set forth in the criminal complaint. They are innocent until proven guilty.
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A new Manhattan jury is set to hear opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial, nearly eight years after his arrest and after one conviction was overturned and another jury deadlocked.
By Silvia Torres
Published: April 22, 2026 2:00 pm ET
A new Manhattan jury is set to hear opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial, nearly eight years after his arrest and after one conviction was overturned and another jury deadlocked.
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Opening statements are scheduled for Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein’s latest New York rape retrial, putting one of the central criminal cases of the #MeToo era back before a jury after years of appeals, retrials, and unresolved allegations.
The retrial centers on a rape charge tied to a 2013 encounter in a Manhattan hotel, a charge that has remained active even after Weinstein was convicted on some sex crime counts and acquitted on others in cases brought on both coasts.
According to News4JAX, the rape count has remained unresolved because an earlier conviction was overturned and a later jury failed to reach a verdict. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty and has denied ever engaging in nonconsensual sex. In court earlier this winter, he said he had been unfaithful to his then-wife and had acted wrongly, but insisted he never assaulted anyone.
The jury selected for the retrial consists of seven men and five women. Prospective jurors were questioned over several days last week about their familiarity with Weinstein and whether they could remain fair and impartial regardless of what they had heard about the former producer.
Weinstein is now 73 and serving time as a prison inmate. Once one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood, he was an Academy Award-winning producer and studio executive associated with films including Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare in Love, and Gangs of New York, as well as the television series Project Runway. He was also known as a prominent Democratic donor.
His public downfall began in 2017, when years of private allegations and industry whispers turned into public accusations in news reports and on social media. Those revelations led to criminal prosecutions in both New York and Los Angeles.
The accuser in the retrial, Jessica Mann, was a hairstylist who hoped to build an acting career when she met Weinstein at a Los Angeles-area party in late 2012 or early 2013. Mann has previously testified that she initially sought a professional connection but ended up in what she described as an ambivalent consensual relationship with Weinstein.
Mann said that during a March 2013 trip to New York with a friend, she arranged a breakfast with Weinstein. In her prior testimony, she said he later trapped her in a hotel room, ignored her objections, demanded that she undress, grabbed her arms, and raped her as she tried to get out of the room.
Weinstein’s former lawyers argued at the earlier trial that Mann continued seeing him afterward, accepted invitations, sought career help, and sent him warm messages. Weinstein has changed legal teams for the retrial, and the defense strategy this time could differ from prior proceedings.
The retrial is expected to last as long as four weeks.
Presumption of Innocence: A presumption of innocence means that any defendant in a criminal trial is presumed to be innocent until they have been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. The defendant in this case is only accused of the charges set forth in the criminal complaint. They are innocent until proven guilty.
Editor's Note: ThePo makes every effort to accurately transcribe the contents of affidavits of probable cause contained in criminal complaints. Often, the complaints themselves are copies of copies of faxed copies, and are difficult to read. To confirm the accuracy of our transcription, contact the Magisterial District Court listed above and request a copy of the criminal complaint. It's a public record to which you are entitled.
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Opening Statements Set In Harvey Weinstein Rape Retrial In New York
A new Manhattan jury is set to hear opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial, nearly eight years after his arrest and after one conviction was overturned and another jury deadlocked.
By Silvia Torres
Published: April 22, 2026 2:00 pm ET
A new Manhattan jury is set to hear opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial, nearly eight years after his arrest and after one conviction was overturned and another jury deadlocked.
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Opening statements are scheduled for Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein’s latest New York rape retrial, putting one of the central criminal cases of the #MeToo era back before a jury after years of appeals, retrials, and unresolved allegations.
The retrial centers on a rape charge tied to a 2013 encounter in a Manhattan hotel, a charge that has remained active even after Weinstein was convicted on some sex crime counts and acquitted on others in cases brought on both coasts.
According to News4JAX, the rape count has remained unresolved because an earlier conviction was overturned and a later jury failed to reach a verdict. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty and has denied ever engaging in nonconsensual sex. In court earlier this winter, he said he had been unfaithful to his then-wife and had acted wrongly, but insisted he never assaulted anyone.
The jury selected for the retrial consists of seven men and five women. Prospective jurors were questioned over several days last week about their familiarity with Weinstein and whether they could remain fair and impartial regardless of what they had heard about the former producer.
Weinstein is now 73 and serving time as a prison inmate. Once one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood, he was an Academy Award-winning producer and studio executive associated with films including Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare in Love, and Gangs of New York, as well as the television series Project Runway. He was also known as a prominent Democratic donor.
His public downfall began in 2017, when years of private allegations and industry whispers turned into public accusations in news reports and on social media. Those revelations led to criminal prosecutions in both New York and Los Angeles.
The accuser in the retrial, Jessica Mann, was a hairstylist who hoped to build an acting career when she met Weinstein at a Los Angeles-area party in late 2012 or early 2013. Mann has previously testified that she initially sought a professional connection but ended up in what she described as an ambivalent consensual relationship with Weinstein.
Mann said that during a March 2013 trip to New York with a friend, she arranged a breakfast with Weinstein. In her prior testimony, she said he later trapped her in a hotel room, ignored her objections, demanded that she undress, grabbed her arms, and raped her as she tried to get out of the room.
Weinstein’s former lawyers argued at the earlier trial that Mann continued seeing him afterward, accepted invitations, sought career help, and sent him warm messages. Weinstein has changed legal teams for the retrial, and the defense strategy this time could differ from prior proceedings.
The retrial is expected to last as long as four weeks.
Presumption of Innocence: A presumption of innocence means that any defendant in a criminal trial is presumed to be innocent until they have been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. The defendant in this case is only accused of the charges set forth in the criminal complaint. They are innocent until proven guilty.
Editor's Note: ThePo makes every effort to accurately transcribe the contents of affidavits of probable cause contained in criminal complaints. Often, the complaints themselves are copies of copies of faxed copies, and are difficult to read. To confirm the accuracy of our transcription, contact the Magisterial District Court listed above and request a copy of the criminal complaint. It's a public record to which you are entitled.
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