Summary

  • Disgraced ex-Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's retrial begins today after his landmark 2020 rape conviction in New York was overturned

  • He is being re-tried on charges of rape and sexual assault, for which he was found guilty and sentenced to 23 years in prison back in 2020. He has pleaded not guilty

  • But the state's court of appeals found he did not get a fair trial because women who were allegedly abused by Weinstein were allowed to testify against him despite not being a part of the charges

  • Weinstein also faces a new charge of allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in a Manhattan hotel in 2006. He denies any wrongdoing

  • Weinstein is behind bars on a separate conviction for raping an Italian model and actress in a Beverly Hills hotel in 2013

Live Reporting

Edited by Jenna Moon with Madeline Halpert reporting from court

  1. Harvey Weinstein returns to court for sex-crimes retrial

    Former film producer Harvey Weinstein is back in court today to be tried again on rape and sexual assault charges after New York's court of appeals overturned his 2020 conviction and the 23-year prison sentence he was handed.

    That court found he did not get a fair trial because women who were allegedly abused by Weinstein were allowed to testify against him despite not being a part of the charges.

    The once-untouchable Hollywood heavyweight is being retried on charges that he raped aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013 and forcibly performed oral sex on production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006.

    At the same time, he also faces a new sexual assault charge for allegedly forcing oral sex on a different woman at a Manhattan hotel in 2006.

    Weinstein denies any wrongdoing.

    Weinstein remains in custody because of a separate conviction for rape in California, for which he was sentenced to 16 years in prison.

    Our colleague Madeline Halpert is reporting from court in New York, so stick with us and we'll bring you all the key lines throughout the day.