Judge Sets Date for Harvey Weinstein’s Third Trial for Same Rape Charge
The New York Times••general
Key Points:
- Harvey Weinstein will face a third trial in New York on March 3 for allegedly raping an aspiring actress in a Manhattan hotel room over a decade ago, according to a judge's announcement.
- Weinstein was convicted of rape in a 2020 trial, but the verdict was overturned in 2024; a second trial ended in a deadlocked jury in June regarding the same charge.
- Weinstein's lawyers requested the conviction be dismissed, claiming jurors felt coerced, but Justice Curtis Farber denied the motion and set the new trial date.
- Prosecutors requested to delay the trial until April 14, but the judge maintained the March 3 date; prosecutors indicated they might not be ready by then.
- Weinstein, 73, has
