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Harvey Weinstein’s Retrial Ends With Mistrial on Rape Charge
But prosecutors are hoping the third time’s the charm, with yet another trial potentially starting in the fall.
That juror suggested that “playground stuff” and “a bit of shunning” was happening behind closed doors and ultimately asked to be excused from the jury because the process did not feel “fair.” (The request was denied.) The jury convicted him of a first-degree criminal sexual act for forcibly performing oral sex on former Project Runway production assistant Miriam “Mimi” Haleyin 2006 — which carries a maximum prison sentence of 25 years. Weinstein has chronic myeloid leukemia, diabetes mellitus, “extensive” coronary artery disease, and a tongue infection, according to an April request for the transfer filed by his legal team and obtained by THR.
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