--- title: What to Know About the Verdict in Harvey Weinstein's Retrial description: The judge declared a mistrial on the final count Weinstein faced after a jury convicted him on one charge and acquitted him of another. canonical: https://time.com/7293311/harvey-weinstein-retrial-verdict/ author: Chantelle Lee article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-06-11T20:01:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2025-06-12T16:16:53.000Z article:section: U.S. og:title: What to Know About the Verdict in Harvey Weinstein's Retrial og:description: The judge declared a mistrial on the final count against Weinstein after the jury's split verdict on two other charges. og:url: https://time.com/7293311/harvey-weinstein-retrial-verdict/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa700ef7e5b154ed/6998c772f1b08246006f16d8/Weinstein-Retrial.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Harvey Weinstein Sex Crimes Re-Trial In New York og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What to Know About the Verdict in Harvey Weinstein's Retrial twitter:description: The judge declared a mistrial on the final count against Weinstein after the jury's split verdict on two other charges. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa700ef7e5b154ed/6998c772f1b08246006f16d8/Weinstein-Retrial.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Judge Declares Mistrial on Final Charge in Harvey Weinstein's Retrial: What to Know > Sponsored content. 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Harvey Weinstein, former co-chairman of the Weinstein Co., at Manhattan criminal court in New York, on June 11, 2025.Angela Weiss—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Chantelle Lee](https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/) ## Chantelle Lee Reporter Updated: Jun 12, 2025 4:16 PM UTCPublished: Jun 11, 2025 8:01 PM UTC The judge in [Harvey Weinstein](https://time.com/4981520/harvey-weinstein-hollywood-gender-history/)’s sex crimes retrial declared a mistrial on the final charge the disgraced movie mogul faced, a day after the jury delivered a split verdict on two other charges. The mistrial declaration on Thursday came after the jury foreperson, [who alleged he had been threatened](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jury-harvey-weinstein-sex-assault-retrial-reached-partial-verdict-rcna210599) by another juror, refused to return to deliberate. On Wednesday, the jury convicted Weinstein of one charge, acquitted him of another, and failed to reach a consensus on the third. [Weinstein](https://time.com/tag/harvey-weinstein/) has been accused by numerous women of sexual harassment, assault, and misconduct over the span of about three decades. The accusations levied against him sparked the landmark #MeToo movement, and his [convictions](https://time.com/5789000/harvey-weinstein-partial-verdict/) in New York on rape and sexual assault charges in 2020 and on [sexual offenses](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/19/us/harvey-weinstein-trial-deliberations-los-angeles-monday/index.html) in Los Angeles in 2022 were seen as victories for the movement. **Read more:** [_Harvey Weinstein and Hollywood’s Ugly Casting Couch History_](https://time.com/4981520/harvey-weinstein-hollywood-gender-history/) But last year, the case against him in New York was thrown into limbo when the state’s top court [overturned](https://time.com/6970975/harvey-weinstein-appeal-2020-rape-conviction/) his conviction and sent the case back to the Manhattan courthouse. Here’s what to know about the case, the jury’s verdict, and why the judge declared a mistrial. ## **Why was Weinstein being retried?** Weinstein was initially [convicted in 2020](https://time.com/5789000/harvey-weinstein-partial-verdict/) of sexual assault and rape in the third degree, and acquitted of predatory sexual assault and of first-degree rape. **Read more:** [_Harvey Weinstein’s Mixed Verdict Shows the Challenge of Prosecuting Sexual Assault_](https://time.com/5790388/harvey-weinstein-verdict-reaction/) But in 2024, the New York Court of Appeals [overturned his conviction](https://time.com/6970975/harvey-weinstein-appeal-2020-rape-conviction/), saying that the appointed judge had prejudiced Weinstein’s case by permitting prosecutors to bring women who were not directly tied to the charges to the stand. Three women—Lauren Young, Dawn Dunning, and Tarale Wulff—testified in 2020 about their interactions with Weinstein. The testimony was permitted under a New York state law that allows testimony on “prior bad acts” to show behavioral trends. But New York’s top court said that the three women’s testimonies “served no material non-propensity purpose.” With Weinstein’s conviction overturned, the case went to a retrial. ## **What did the jury decide?** Jurors on Wednesday convicted the former movie mogul of forcibly subjecting a person to a criminal sex act, related to an incident in 2006\. But they acquitted him of another criminal sex act charge stemming from a 2006 incident. They were unable to reach a verdict on a charge that Weinstein raped a woman in 2013. Weinstein, who has repeatedly denied sexually assaulting or raping anyone, had pleaded not guilty to the charges. ## Why did the judge declare a mistrial? The judge declared a mistrial on Thursday on the final charge of third-degree rape. The jury foreperson said that day that he was unwilling to return to deliberations after telling the judge before the jury delivered its partial verdict on Wednesday that another juror told him “You know me; you going to see me outside,” according to [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jury-harvey-weinstein-sex-assault-retrial-reached-partial-verdict-rcna210599). The foreperson told the judge he felt “afraid inside there” and could not return, the outlet reported, citing a transcript from the state court. The judge said jury deliberations “sometimes become heated” and that he understood “this particular deliberation was more heated than some others,” according to [the New York _Times_,](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-sex-crimes-trial.html) though he noted other jurors had not described “anything that rose to the level of threats.” What to Know About the Verdict in Harvey Weinstein's Retrial ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7293311/harvey-weinstein-retrial-verdict/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7293311/harvey-weinstein-retrial-verdict/"},"headline":"Judge Declares Mistrial on Final Charge in Harvey Weinstein's Retrial: What to Know","datePublished":"2025-06-11T20:01:19.000Z","dateModified":"2025-06-12T16:16:53.000Z","description":"The judge declared a mistrial on the final count Weinstein faced after a jury convicted him on one charge and acquitted him of another.","url":"https://time.com/7293311/harvey-weinstein-retrial-verdict/","keywords":["Crime","COVID-19","News Desk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa700ef7e5b154ed/6998c772f1b08246006f16d8/Weinstein-Retrial.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chantelle Lee","jobTitle":"Reporter","url":"https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa700ef7e5b154ed/6998c772f1b08246006f16d8/Weinstein-Retrial.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Harvey Weinstein Sex Crimes Re-Trial In New York","caption":"Harvey Weinstein Sex Crimes Re-Trial In New York","creditText":"Angela Weiss—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7293311/harvey-weinstein-retrial-verdict/","name":"Judge Declares Mistrial on Final Charge in Harvey Weinstein's Retrial: What to Know"}}]}] ```