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Manhattan prosecutors said they will not retry Harvey Weinstein on a rape charge related to Jessica Mann, after a mistrial was declared on the count in May.
The prosecutors said they made the decision to dismiss the charge after having discussions with Mann, who did not wish to testify again. This would have been the fourth time Mann testified in front of a jury about the charge.
“To be clear, we believe Ms. Mann’s account and her credibility as a witness. This has been an extraordinarily taxing ordeal for her, and she has never wavered while testifying in front of two grand juries and three trial juries over the course of eight years. We thank her for her honesty and her tremendous bravery,” Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg said in a statement.
In choosing to dismiss the charge related to Mann, the DA’s office is also moving forward with sentencing recommendations of 20 years in prison for Weinstein on the count of a criminal sexual act against former Project Runway assistant Miriam Haley, “which would account for the significant harms his actions have caused Ms. Haley,” according to Bragg. Judge Curtis Farber had been holding off on sentencing until proceedings related to the Mann were concluded. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 25 years.
