NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge overseeing Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial in Manhattan on Thursday declared a mistrial on a third-degree rape charge against the former Hollywood movie mogul, after one of the jurors refused to continue deliberations. Weinstein had been found guilty on Wednesday on a separate sex abuse charge, on the fifth day of […]
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Judge in Harvey Weinstein trial declares mistrial on rape charge
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge overseeing Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial in Manhattan on Thursday declared a mistrial on a third-degree rape charge against the former Hollywood movie mogul, after one of the jurors refused to continue deliberations.
Weinstein had been found guilty on Wednesday on a separate sex abuse charge, on the fifth day of jury deliberations.
(Reporting by Jack Queen and Jonathan Stempel in New York)