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Harvey Weinstein sex crimes case declared a mistrial after jury deadlocks

The Independent·Andrea Cavallier·17 days ago
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A Manhattan judge declared a mistrial Friday after jurors said they were unable to reach a verdict on whether Harvey Weinstein raped Jessica Mann, a year after another jury failed to make a decision.

The seven men and five women on the jury began deliberating Wednesday in Weinstein’s retrial on a third-degree rape charge tied to Mann’s allegations. Weinstein’s lawyers argued that the encounter was consensual.

Jurors sent a note saying they “have concluded that they cannot reach” a unanimous verdict. Judge Curtis Farber instructed the group to continue deliberating.

But by about 1 p.m., jurors informed the court they remained hopelessly deadlocked. Farber then declared a mistrial.

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