Weinstein Guilty of Sexual Assault in Case That Tested #MeToo Legacy

The former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of sexual assault by a Manhattan jury yesterday, concluding a three-week trial that revived accusations from a successful 2020 prosecution that was overturned on appeal.

- Edward Helmore

Weinstein was found guilty of sexually assaulting Miriam Haley, but acquitted of a second charge of sexually assaulting Kaja Sokola. The jury did not reach a unanimous verdict on a charge involving Jessica Mann, who alleges that Weinstein raped her. The judge advised them to continue deliberations.

The verdict delivered against Weinstein follows two earlier convictions on similar charges. One of those, in a New York court in 2020, resulted in a 23-year sentence but was overturned on appeal. A second case, in California in 2022, resulted in a 16-year sentence.

The partial verdict came after almost a week of jury deliberations, at times appearing to be steering the case toward a mistrial. Yesterday, the jury foreman requested to speak to the judge. "He said words to the effect of: 'I can't go back in with the other jurors,'" Judge Curtis Farber explained later. The foreman was sent to a separate room, where he penned a note saying: "I need to talk to you about a situation."