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Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial to open with majority-female jury in New York

Process yielded seven-woman, five-man jury, more females than the group that convicted media mogul five years ago

Opening statements are set for Wednesday in former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial, this time with a majority-female jury deciding the landmark#MeToo case. The verdict marked a signature moment for the#MeToo movement against sexual misconduct, which had been fueled in 2017 by a slew of allegations against Weinstein, then a high-flying movie producer of a string of Oscar winners including Pulp Fiction and Shakespeare in Love. Hundreds of other potential jurors were excused for reasons ranging from language barriers to strong opinions about Weinstein – “the first word that came in my head was ‘pig’,” said one man who was soon let go.

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