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Weinstein Rape Retrial Begins Amid New #MeToo Era

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April 24, 2025

OPENING statements in Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial began Wednesday, five years after his original #MeToo trial delivered a searing reckoning for one of Hollywood's most powerful figures.

Weinstein Rape Retrial Begins Amid New #MeToo Era

Emphasizing the former studio boss's onetime influence in the movie industry, prosecutor Shannon Lucey said Weinstein used "dream opportunities as weapons" to prey on the three accusers in the case. He is charged with raping one and forcing oral sex on the other two. "The defendant wanted their bodies, and the more they resisted, the more forceful he got," Lucey said.

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