Weinstein retrial case judge declares mistrial on charge of third-degree rape after jury deadlock
The judge in Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes case declared a mistrial on the remaining rape charge after the jury foreman said he wouldn't continue deliberating.
Deliberations were ended on Thursday, a day after the jury delivered a partial verdict in Weinstein's sex crimes retrial. The jury got stuck on a third charge. It was a rape accusation dating to 2013.
The foreman complained on Wednesday that he felt bullied by another juror, and said on Thursday he wouldn't go back into the jury room.
The panel convicted the ex-studio boss of one of the top charges but acquitted him of another. Both of those charges concerned accusations of forcing oral sex on women in 2006. Those verdicts still stand.
The jury of seven women and five men unanimously reached those decisions last Friday, the foreman later told the judge. The verdict was delivered on Wednesday only because Judge Curtis Farber asked whether there was agreement on any of the charges.
The third charge was over a rape accusation involving a woman who also said she had a consensual relationship with the Oscar-winning producer. Under New York law, the third-degree rape charge carries a lesser penalty than the other two counts.
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The judge in Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes case declared a mistrial on the remaining rape charge after the jury foreman said he wouldn't continue deliberating. Deliberations were ended on Thursday, a day after the jury delivered a partial verdict in Weinstein's sex crimes retrial. The jury got stuck on a third charge. It was a rape accusation dating to 2013. The foreman complained on Wednesday that he felt bullied by another juror, and said on Thursday he wouldn't go back into the jury room. The panel convicted the ex-studio boss of one of the top charges but acquitted him of another. Both of those charges concerned accusations of forcing oral sex on women in 2006. Those verdicts still stand. The jury of seven women and five men unanimously reached those decisions last Friday, the foreman later told the judge. The verdict was delivered on Wednesday only because Judge Curtis Farber asked whether there was agreement on any of the charges. The third charge was over a rape accusation involving a woman who also said she had a consensual relationship with the Oscar-winning producer. Under New York law, the third-degree rape charge carries a lesser penalty than the other two counts.
