Harvey Weinstein’s retrial on a rape charge in Manhattan ended Friday with a hung jury, marking the third time a New York jury has been asked to decide the disgraced Hollywood mogul’s fate on sex crime charges. The Guardian reported that while Weinstein is already behind bars following convictions on both coasts, this latest mistrial leaves the specific New York rape charge in legal limbo.
The case — which helped ignite the global #MeToo movement — has now produced an extraordinary procedural tangle: three separate Manhattan trials, none of which has produced a final verdict on the rape allegation. Whether prosecutors will attempt a fourth trial remains an open question.
