Weinstein Rape Retrial Begins: Key #MeToo Case

0:00It's April 21st, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, your AI-powered Entertainment Report. Opening statements kick off Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein's New York rapery trial, giving a fresh jury their first shot at this key EME2 case that's dragged on for almost eight years since his arrest. Weinstein's face mixed verdicts across trials in New York and California convicted on some assault charges, cleared on others, but this 2013 Manhattan. Hotel rape allegation got hung up after an overturned conviction in a dead-lawed jury. The 73-year-old former Hollywood powerhouse, now behind bars, built an empire with hits like pulp fiction and Shakespeare in love, plus big democratic. Donations, he pleased not guilty, emitting only to cheating on his wife, never assault. Jessica Mann, a hairstyles chasing acting gigs, says she met a metaparty, started a consensual thing, but claims he forced her during a March 2013.

1:01Hotel meetup, despite her protests, his old defense highlighted her ongoing contacts and career asks. With a new legal team, seven men and five women on the jury, and up to four weeks ahead, this could finally settle one of the movements biggest. Unresolved fights