{"id":278014,"date":"2026-06-25T17:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/278014\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:14:11","slug":"weinsteins-new-york-rape-charge-dropped-after-accuser-says-she-cant-endure-fourth-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/278014\/","title":{"rendered":"Weinstein\u2019s New York rape charge dropped after accuser says she can\u2019t endure fourth trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Harvey Weinstein avoided a fourth trial on a New York rape charge after his accuser said she could not endure testifying again, leading prosecutors to drop the #MeToo-era case on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The film mogul still stands convicted of another sexual felony in New York and others in California, and he remains behind bars.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But the New York rape charge had remained unresolved after an overturned conviction followed by two hung juries. The judge formally dismissed the charge on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Weinstein had a neutral expression as court officers led him out of court in his wheelchair. The Oscar-winning producer denies all the accusations.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The rape charge concerned an allegation that he raped hairstylist and actress Jessica Mann in a Manhattan hotel in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Former actress Jessica Mann arrives for the trial of Harvey Weinstein in New York in January 2020. Photo: AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/de3fc00f-adc2-48ba-8ccd-e055c1aa09f9_aaafacca.jpg\" title=\"Former actress Jessica Mann arrives for the trial of Harvey Weinstein in New York in January 2020. Photo: AFP\"\/>Former actress Jessica Mann arrives for the trial of Harvey Weinstein in New York in January 2020. Photo: AFP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Mann has testified that she also had a consensual, on-and-off relationship with Weinstein, who was married at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harvey Weinstein avoided a fourth trial on a New York rape charge after his accuser said she could&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[118,2136,106834,6431,68868,78293,1016,75,9,11,10,85656,36102,106833,26325],"class_list":["post-278014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-associated-press","tag-california","tag-chocolat","tag-harvey-weinstein","tag-jacob-kaplan","tag-jessica-mann","tag-los-angeles","tag-manhattan","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nicole-blumberg","tag-pulp-fiction","tag-shakespeare-in-love","tag-thursday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}