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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jennifer Peltz

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein back on trial in New York City

  • Jury selection for Harvey Weinstein's retrial on a rape charge is scheduled to begin Tuesday in New York City.
  • The trial will focus on a single accusation from hairstylist and actor Jessica Mann, who alleges Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel in 2013.
  • Weinstein denies all accusations, stating in court that he 'acted wrongly, but I never assaulted anyone,' and his lawyers maintain all sexual encounters were consensual.
  • This retrial follows the overturning of his initial New York convictions and a subsequent retrial last year, where he was convicted of forcing oral sex on Miriam Haley but acquitted of other charges.
  • Weinstein, 73, who uses a wheelchair and suffers from health problems, faces a potential four-year sentence if convicted in this case, in addition to a pending sentence for his conviction involving Haley.

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