Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe rape charge was unresolved following an overturned conviction and two subsequent hung juries (Getty Images)A rape charge against media mogul Harvey Weinstein has been dismissed after his accuser, hairstylist and actor Jessica Mann, stated she could not endure testifying in a another trial.The charge stemmed from an allegation that Weinstein raped Mann in a Manhattan hotel in 2013, an accusation he continues to deny, maintaining all encounters were consensual.This specific charge remained unresolved following an initial 2020 conviction that was later overturned, and two subsequent retrials that resulted in hung juries.Prosecutors supported the dismissal, commending Mann's bravery and acknowledging the significant toll the trial process had taken on her, which included five days of testimony and intense questioning.Despite the dismissal of the low-level felony charge, Weinstein remains incarcerated, serving long sentences for other sexual felony convictions in New York and California.In fullHarvey Weinstein avoids a fourth trial as his New York rape charge is droppedThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

New York prosecutors say they’ll drop a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein instead of trying the former movie mogul for a fourth time in the state.

New York prosecutors say they’ll drop a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein instead of trying the former movie mogul for a fourth time in the state

New York prosecutors say they’ll drop a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein instead of trying the former movie mogul for a fourth time in the state

New York prosecutors say they’ll drop a rape charge against the former movie mogul instead of trying him for a fourth time in the state.

New York prosecutors said they are dropping a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein instead of trying him for a fourth time.

Prosecutors on Thursday said they would dismiss a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein rather than pursue a fourth trial on the allegation.

Harvey Weinstein avoided a fourth trial on a New York rape charge after his accuser said she could not endure testifying again, leading prosecutors to drop the #MeToo-era case on…

Weinstein had been accused of raping actress and stylist Jessica Mann.

The previous trial – which ended with a hung jury – had taken a visible toll on former actress Jessica Mann, who testified for five days.

The rape charge was unresolved following an overturned conviction and two subsequent hung juries

Prosecutors are dismissing Harvey Weinstein's rape charge involving Jessica Mann after the third trial ended in a mistrial in May.

Accuser declines to testify in fourth trial after May mistrial with prosecutors citing her ‘extraordinarily taxing ordeal’

N.Y. prosecutors will not retry Harvey Weinstein on a rape charge related to Jessica Mann, who said she could not endure testifying a fourth time.

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New York prosecutors have dropped a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein instead of trying it a fourth time

NEW YORK: Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday moved to drop a third-degree rape charge against Harvey Weinstein after...

The third trial ended in a mistrial in May.

Weinstein still stands convicted of another sexual felony in New York and others in California. He remains behind bars at New York's maximum-security prison, Rikers Island.

Prosecutors in New York have dropped a third-degree rape charge against Harvey Weinstein after two juries failed to reach a verdict and the accuser declined further testimony.