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NEW
YORK (AP) — A Manhattan jury will resume deliberations Friday in
Harvey Weinstein ’s sex crimes retrial after ending its first
day without reaching a verdict in a case that encapsulated the #MeToo
movement.
The panel, which was handed the case Thursday morning, has
requested to hear a readback of some testimony from two of
Weinstein's accusers, as well as to see medical records from one
of those women.
The jury of seven women and five men is considering two counts
of criminal sex act and one count of rape against the
73-year-old Oscar-winning movie producer, with the criminal sex
act charges the higher-degree felonies. Weinstein has pleaded
not guilty.
Sexual misconduct allegations against Weinstein propelled the #MeToo
movement in 2017.
He was eventually convicted of sex crimes in New York and
California, but the New York conviction was overturned last
year, leading to the retrial before a new jury and a different
judge.
Jurors heard more than five weeks of testimony, including
lengthy testimony from three accusers.
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