The jury in Harvey WeinsteinRaid in New York reached a partially mixed judgment on Wednesday, June 11, and found it shameful the former film mogul guilty of a count of criminal sexual abuse against former “Project Runway” assistant Miriam Haley and not guilty of a separate bill of criminal sexual abuse against model Kaja Sokola, by reporting in Associated Press. The jury has not yet reached a judgment on a third accusation of third degree rape against the future actress Jessica Mann and is expected to resume deliberations on Thursday.
Retrial by Weinstein’s criminal case in New York was invited by an April 2024 crucial from the New York Court of Appeal It considered that “unfortunate errors” were made in Weinstein’s trial 2020, where he was found guilty of attacking Haley and committed rape against the third degree against Mann. No matter how New York Retrica plays out, Weinstein still serves a 16-year prison after his conviction on three bills of rape and sexual abuse in his Los Angeles trial 2022.
Arguments about jurors security have become an important stick in the review. When the jury considered Monday, the foreperson contacted Judge Curti’s Farber to discuss a private issue, according to the AP. The judge later explained that the juror did not want to return to the deliberation room. “He said words about the effect of” I can’t go back in there with the other lawyers, “said the judge, leaving that the juror was pressed to change his position by other lawyers.” He indicated that at least another juror commented on the effect of “I will meet you outside one day”, and it screams and screams. “
Weinstein’s lawyers saw the situation as a cause to ask for a trial, with defense lawyer Arthur Aidala saying “I don’t think court Protects this jury leader. Period. ”But prosecutor Matthew Colangelo drove back and said that tense calls are standard procedures during trials.
“He said he had decided, he didn’t want to change it and people pushed him to change it. That’s what jury overrides involve,” Colangelo said.
But the trial continued, and the jury began on Wednesday by learning Mann’s testimony about Weinstein’s alleged rape in 2013.
