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Jury Selection for Harvey Weinstein’s Retrial Is Already Proving Difficult

Here’s everything you need to know about the disgraced film producer’s return to New York City’s courtrooms.

Weinstein’s further case laid the cultural groundwork for prosecutions of other high-profile men accused of grave sexual misconduct, such as R. Kelly, Danny Masterson, Jeffrey Epstein, and Sean “Diddy” Combs. But despite Weinstein’s conviction at a separate rape trial in Los Angeles, he was able to successfully appeal his New York verdict, claiming the prosecutors’ strategy — eliciting testimony from other accusers about assaults for which he was not charged — dealt him an unfair hand in court. When asked for comment, a rep for Weinstein told Vulture, “Harvey looks forward to a swift and fair trial that will finally bring an end to this prolonged cycle of litigation, accusations, and media-driven narratives.

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