Harvey Weinstein Avoids A Fourth Trial As His New York Rape Charge Is Dropped

A rape complaint against disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein has been dropped aft his accuser said she couldn’t strengthen testifying again.

Prosecutors’ determination to driblet nan high-profile #MeToo-era lawsuit intends Weinstein will not look further proceedings for nan circumstantial allegation, though he remains incarcerated. He is serving sentences for different intersexual felony convictions successful New York and California.

The New York rape complaint had remained unresolved following an overturned condemnation and 2 consequent hung juries.

A judge formally dismissed nan complaint this week, and Weinstein was seen pinch a neutral look arsenic tribunal officers wheeled him retired of nan courtroom. He continues to contradict each accusations against him.

The rape complaint concerned an allegation that he raped hairstylist and character Jessica Mann successful a Manhattan edifice successful 2013. Mann has testified that she besides had a consensual, on-and-off narration pinch Weinstein, who was joined astatine nan time.

She told jurors she many times attempted to time off and refused intersexual activity arsenic he cornered her successful nan edifice room. She recounted really he persisted, demanding she undress and grabbing her arms, until she felt excessively acrophobic to proceed protesting.

"After a batch of thought and reflection, I person chosen not to proceed pinch a 4th trial against Harvey Weinstein," she wrote successful a missive that a charismatic publication to nan court. "It was clear to maine astatine this past proceedings I could nary longer strengthen going done this immoderate longer."

The proceedings process had taken a important toll connected Mann, 40, who testified for 5 days and faced questioning astir a individual statement she wrote soon aft nan alleged rape, which did not explicitly mention nan incident. She had antecedently expressed trouble focusing during her testimony, prompting an early adjournment.

Prosecutor Nicole Blumberg said Thursday that prosecutors judge Mann and commended her "bravery, strength, courageousness and inspiration" to different survivors. Given her feelings astir proceeding, Blumberg stated that "dismissal is appropriate."

During assemblage deliberations successful nan astir caller trial, Weinstein reported thorax pains, causing different early extremity to tribunal proceedings. His defense lawyer, Jacob Kaplan, said: "The interests of justness would person ne'er been to bring this lawsuit astatine all."

Weinstein was erstwhile 1 of Hollywood's astir powerful figures, producing acclaimed films specified arsenic Shakespeare successful Love, Pulp Fiction, and Chocolat. However, a bid of intersexual misconduct allegations against him became nationalist successful 2017, igniting nan #MeToo run for accountability and yet starring to criminal charges.

He was initially convicted successful 2020 of raping Mann, but an appeals tribunal later overturned that verdict for reasons unrelated to her testimony. A retrial successful 2025 saw assemblage deliberations break down, and jurors deadlocked erstwhile much astatine different retrial this spring.

The circumstantial rape complaint successful this lawsuit was a low-level felony, carrying a maximum condemnation of 4 years successful situation – little clip than Weinstein has already served. He faces considerably longer sentences for his other, abstracted convictions successful New York and California, which see raping an Italian character successful Los Angeles.

Weinstein did not attest astatine immoderate of nan trials, though he complained during and aft nan 2025 New York retrial that it was unfair, a declare nan judge dismissed.

His lawyers person consistently maintained that each his accusers, who were seeking advancement successful show business, engaged successful wholly consensual intersexual liaisons pinch a powerful workplace boss.

Weinstein himself has stated he "acted wrongly, but I ne'er assaulted anyone."