HARVEY WEINSTEIN'S NEW YORK RAPE RETRIAL SET FOR APRIL

Convicted sex offender and film producer Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to face another rape trial in New York this spring. A judge has scheduled the retrial to begin on April 14 at Manhattan Criminal Court. The case stems from allegations made by actress Jessica Mann.  Mann claims Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel in 2013. The charge is classified as a Class E felony, which carries a maximum prison sentence of four years under New York law. This will be the third trial connected to the accusation. In 2025, a jury convicted Weinstein on one count of a criminal sexual act but acquitted him on another.  Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on the rape charge, leading the judge to declare a mistrial. Weinstein was previously convicted in 2020 on separate sex crime charges and sentenced to 23 years in prison.  In 2024, a New York appeals court overturned that conviction, paving the way for a new trial. The 73-year-old has remained in custody at Rikers Island. Speaking in court, Weinstein described his detention as a “march to my death,” adding that he is “haunted by the thought that I will die here unseen and unheard.”

2026-03-05T12:54:36Z