Harvey Weinstein
Convicted On One Charge In Sex Crimes Retrial
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Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein was just found guilty by a New York jury on the top charge in his sex crimes retrial.
The 12 jurors convicted Weinstein on first-degree criminal sexual act related to the 2006 case of ex-production assistant Miriam Haley, who accused HW of forcibly performing oral sex on her at his Manhattan home.
Weinstein was acquitted on a separate charge of criminal sexual act arising from similar allegations brought by model Kaja Sokola, also in 2006. The jury has yet to vote on a third charge in which aspiring actress Jessica Mann claimed Weinstein raped her in 2013.
He was previously convicted of the charges in 2020, but that conviction was overturned on appeal in April last year. In September 2024, federal prosecutors refiled the charges.
The 73-year-old did not testify in either trial. He’s pleaded not guilty to the charges in both trials.
Closing arguments were completed last Wednesday, after 24 witnesses were called over the course of the trial … including Miriam Haley, Kaja Sokola and Jessica Mann each testified about their alleged sexual assaults at the hands of Weinstein.
In the original NYC trial, the jury found Weinstein guilty of 1st-degree criminal sexual act and 3rd-degree rape. However, the jury found him not guilty on 2 counts of predatory sexual assault charges, and a 1st-degree rape charge.
At the time of the announcement of the indictment last week, sources told us prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office asked Weinstein to testify … but, we’re told HW declined to testify because prosecutors would not say who his new accusers are.
Weinstein’s conviction was overturned in April after an appeals court determined his constitutional rights were violated. The retrial is currently set for November.
Weinstein remains a convicted felon in the 2013 rape of an actress in Los Angeles, for which he’s serving a 16-year prison sentence.
