NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors deadlocked in Harvey Weinstein 's rape retrial Friday, forcing another mistrial in a #MeToo-era case that has gone to trial three times so far.
While the former Hollywood mogul has been convicted of other sex crimes on two U.S. coasts and remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the New York rape charge in limbo. Weinstein appeared expressionless as court officers ushered him out in his wheelchair.
The majority-male Manhattan jury had been weighing whether Weinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist and actor. Weinstein's lawyers argued that the encounter was consensual. It happened in 2013 during a fraught relationship between the then-married Weinstein and the decades-younger Mann.
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A juror, Josh Hadar, told reporters that he and eight others wanted to acquit Weinstein. He said Mann had an "incredible memory" when she testified for the prosecution but "forgot a lot of things" when questioned by defense attorneys.
