Former movie producer and co-founder of the entertainment company Miramax, Harvey Weinstein’s high-profile trial in New York over allegations he used his Hollywood clout to abuse women has ended in a mistrial.
The jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on a charge that he raped the aspiring actress Jessica Mann.
Weinstein, 74, is expected to remain behind bars due to his convictions in other cases.
Weinstein was one of Hollywood’s topmost film producers until sexual misconduct allegations led to his downfall and fuelled a wider social movement that encouraged women to come forward with accounts of sexual abuse by powerful men.
His most recent trial centred on allegations brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office that Weinstein raped Mann in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013.
Weinstein had pleaded not guilty to one count of third-degree rape and has denied assaulting anyone or having non-consensual sex.
His lawyers have argued that Mann fabricated the rape allegation after regretting that her consensual romance with Weinstein failed to advance her film career.
Appealing conviction
At his first trial in New York in 2020, Weinstein was convicted of raping Mann and assaulting onetime production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006.
