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 Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape charge dropped after accuser says she can’t endure a fourth trial (SICK)
06/25/26 11:49 AM
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By JENNIFER PELTZ
Updated 2:27 PM EDT, June 25, 2026
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NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein won’t face a fourth trial on a New York rape charge. Prosecutors dropped the #MeToo-era case on Thursday after his accuser said she could not bear to testify again.
The movie mogul still stands convicted of another sexual felony in New York and others in California, and he remains behind bars. But the New York rape charge had remained unresolved after an overturned conviction followed by two hung juries.
Jessica Mann, a hairstylist and actor, spent days on the witness stand at all three trials, telling jurors that Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel in 2013 and being questioned extensively about the complex relationship she had with him before and afterward. The Oscar-winning producer denied the charge and said everything that happened between him and Mann was consensual.
In a letter that prosecutor Nicole Blumberg quoted in court Thursday, Mann said she could “no longer endure going through this,” adding that the 8-year-old case has “put me through more harm than good.”
Blumberg told the court that prosecutors believe Mann and hail her “bravery, strength, courage and inspiration” to other survivors, but given her feelings about proceeding, “dismissal is appropriate.” With that, Judge Curtis Farber formally dismissed the case.
https://apnews.com/article/harvey-weinstein-metoo-rape-retrial-07e4ae38d2623f5ca790b2382745c7ce?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
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