After the recent mistrial, will Manhattan prosecutors decide to try Harvey Weinstein again?
52% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 33 predictions cast.
On June 25, 2026, Manhattan prosecutors dismissed the remaining rape charge against Harvey Weinstein, formally ending the prospect of a fourth trial on that count after two consecutive juries failed to reach a verdict. The Manhattan District Attorney's office cited the decision of accuser Jessica Mann — a hairstylist and actor who alleged that Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013 — who said she could not endure testifying a fourth time after appearing before two grand juries and three trial juries over eight years.
District Attorney Alvin Bragg stated that his office believed Mann's account and that the ordeal had been "extraordinarily taxing" for her. Weinstein's original 2020 conviction was overturned by a New York appellate court on procedural grounds; a 2025 retrial ended in a hung jury, and a second retrial concluded with a mistrial in May 2026.
Weinstein, 74, remains incarcerated on a separate New York sexual felony conviction and a California rape conviction. The dismissal does not affect those cases. The community narrowly expected prosecutors to pursue a fourth trial, with 52 percent predicting yes — a prediction that proved incorrect.