A mistrial has been declared in Harvey Weinstein’s third New York rape trial.
The judge in the case declared the mistrial after the jury had deliberated for more than two days but been unable to reach a verdict. The judge said the jurors were “hopelessly deadlocked” and dismissed the jury.
Prosecutors have been given 30 days to decide whether to try the case for a fourth time.
The trial concerned the charge that Weinstein had raped aspiring actress Jessica Mann in a hotel room in 2013.
The disgraced former Hollywood mogul had been convicted of raping Mann in 2020, but that verdict had been overturned, leading to a second trial last year. In the second trial, the jury delivered a mixed verdict on two other countrs but deadlocked on the third-degree rape count involving Mann, causing the judge to order a new trial. Weinstein had pleaded not guilty on all three charges.
Weinstein has been incarcerated since his first rape conviction in 2020. He received a 16-year sentence following a Los Angeles rape conviction in 2023. That verdict is being appealed.
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