Opening statements begin in Harvey Weinstein’s third Manhattan trial over Jessica Mann rape charge
The Facts
- Opening statements began Tuesday in Manhattan in Harvey Weinstein’s latest New York trial over the Jessica Mann rape allegation.
- The current case centers on an allegation that Weinstein raped Jessica Mann in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013.
- This is the third New York trial of the Jessica Mann rape charge.
- Weinstein was convicted on the Mann rape charge in 2020, but that conviction was later overturned.
- A later New York jury deadlocked on the Jessica Mann rape count, leading to another trial.
- Weinstein has pleaded not guilty and denies assaulting anyone or having nonconsensual sex.
- Jury selection took place last week before opening statements.
Context
Why is Weinstein being tried again on this charge?
He was convicted on the Jessica Mann rape charge in 2020, but that conviction was overturned. In a later retrial, jurors were unable to reach a verdict on the Mann count, so the charge is being tried again NYT,U.S. News & World R…,RTE.ie.
How left and right read it
Opening statements in Manhattan mark yet another test of whether the justice system can deliver a clear answer in a 2013 rape allegation that has now been tried three times. The 2020 conviction was overturned and a later jury deadlocked, but the case is back before jurors after selection last week, with Weinstein still denying any nonconsensual sex.
This third New York trial underscores how seriously the courts are taking a 2013 allegation while also showing the system’s insistence on retrying a charge after a conviction was overturned and a later jury could not reach a verdict. Opening statements began Tuesday after jury selection last week, and Weinstein continues to plead not guilty and deny assault or nonconsensual sex.
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