The judge in former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s third New York sex crimes case declared a mistrial Friday after the jury said it was deadlocked on a verdict.
In a note to Judge Curtis Farber, the jury said it could not reach a unanimous decision on the question of whether Weinstein raped former aspiring actor Jessica Mann in a Manhattan hotel in 2013.
The mistrial comes nearly a year after a different New York jury failed to reach a verdict on a charge tied to Mann’s allegations, which she recounted in wrenching detail on the witness stand.
“I see no reason to go any further,” Farber said. The panel had deliberated for approximately nine hours over three days.
Weinstein had pleaded not guilty to the charge of rape in the third degree. He has denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex.
