Jury selection begins in Harvey Weinstein’s New York retrial over Jessica Mann rape charge
The Facts
- Jury selection began Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein’s latest New York retrial.
- The retrial is taking place in Manhattan, New York City.
- Jurors are being asked to decide whether Weinstein raped Jessica Mann in a Manhattan hotel in 2013.
- This proceeding is focused on a single charge involving a single accuser, Jessica Mann.
- The Jessica Mann charge was unresolved in Weinstein’s previous New York trial because the jury did not reach a verdict.
- Weinstein has denied the accusations against him.
Context
Why is Weinstein being tried again on this charge?
He is being retried on the Jessica Mann rape charge because that count ended without a verdict in last year’s New York trial after jurors were unable to agree, and the judge declared a mistrial on that part of the case El Mercurio de Sant…,RTE.ie,stern.de.
What is different about this trial from Weinstein’s earlier cases?
This retrial is narrower than Weinstein’s previous New York and Los Angeles proceedings because jurors are considering only one charge tied to one accuser, Jessica Mann, rather than multiple allegations ArkansasOnline,Independent,PBS.org.
What has Weinstein said about the allegations?
Weinstein has denied the accusations, and multiple reports say he told the court earlier this year that he had acted wrongly but had never assaulted anyone ArkansasOnline,PBS.org,stern.de.
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