The jury in Harvey Weinstein‘s New York retrial reached a partial blended verdict on Wednesday, June 11, discovering the disgraced former film mogul responsible of 1 depend of prison sexual assault towards former “Mission Runway” assistant Miriam Haley and never responsible of a separate depend of prison sexual assault towards mannequin Kaja Sokola, per reporting within the Related Press. The jury has but to achieve a verdict on a 3rd cost of third-degree rape towards aspiring actress Jessica Mann, and is anticipated to renew deliberations on Thursday.
The retrial of Weinstein’s prison case in New York was prompted by an April 2024 ruling from the New York Courtroom of Appeals that deemed “egregious errors” had been made in Weinstein’s 2020 trial, during which he was discovered responsible of assaulting Haley and committing third-degree rape towards Mann. No matter how the New York retrial performs out, Weinstein continues to be serving a 16-year jail sentence following his conviction on three counts of rape and sexual assault in his 2022 Los Angeles trial.
Arguments about juror security have develop into a key sticking level within the re-trial. Because the jury deliberated on Monday, the foreperson approached Decide Curtis Farber to debate a non-public matter, per the AP. The choose later defined that the juror didn’t need to return to the deliberation room. “He mentioned phrases to the impact of ‘I can’t return in there with the opposite jurors,’” the choose mentioned, including that the juror was being pressured to alter his place by different jurors. “He did point out that a minimum of one different juror made feedback to the impact of ‘I’ll meet you outdoors at some point,’ and there’s yelling and screaming.”
Weinstein’s attorneys noticed the scenario as trigger to ask for a mistrial, with protection lawyer Arthur Aidala saying “I don’t assume the court docket is defending this juror. Interval.” However prosecutor Matthew Colangelo pushed again, saying that tense conversations are commonplace process throughout trials.
“He mentioned he’d made up his thoughts, he didn’t need to change it, and other people had been pressuring him to alter it. That’s what jury deliberations contain,” Colangelo mentioned.
However the trial continued, and the jury started Wednesday by re-hearing Mann’s testimony about Weinstein’s alleged rape in 2013.