Weinstein's Retrial: Jury Selection Begins

0:00It's April 14th. I'm Cory with The Story, and this is Sydney News Today. Local news powered by AI. Harvey Weinstein heads back to court in New York City for a retrial on a single rape charge from a hotel encounter with actress Jessica Mann back in. 2013. Jury Selection kicks off as early as Tuesday, marking the third time jurors tackle this specific allegation after a previous deadlock. This round simplifies things. No bundle of accusers like before, just Mann's account against the former producer. He's already locked up on other sex crime convictions from New York and Los Angeles, so the outcome won't free him regardless. Weinstein's fall from Hollywood Grey started in 2017 when assault claims exploded, igniting the Me Too movement. The Oscar winner, behind films like Pulp Fiction, built an empire and donated big to Democrats, but trials revealed a darker side with mixed verdicts, including an overturned New York conviction last year. Now with fresh lawyers on board since February, his defense pushes that all encounters were

1:02consensual, tied to career ambitions. At 73, health woes have him in a wheelchair, and he's voice fears of dying behind bars while appealing other cases. Meanwhile, sentencing looms on his latest conviction for forcing oral sex on another accuser, potentially up to 25 years. This chapter in Weinstein's saga keeps unfolding, testing justice systems amid the lasting echo of Me Too.