Weinstein’s initial 2020 conviction seemed to seal the downfall of one of Hollywood’s most powerful men and marked a pivotal #MeToo moment, but that verdict was overturned in April 2024, and the case ...
During her days on the witness stand, she said Weinstein repeatedly offered to foster her acting ambitions but then made unwanted physical advances, beginning when she was 16 in 2002.
Weinstein is charged with sexually assaulting Haley and another woman, Kaja Sokola, and raping a third, Jessica Mann. Mann and Sokola are also expected to testify.
The retrial is happening because New York's top court last year threw out Weinstein's conviction, which in 2020 was a watershed moment for the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct.
In court papers, a lawyer said 73-year-old Weinstein received inadequate care in prison despite suffering from serious health issues, including leukaemia, diabetes, and back pain.
Weinstein faces charges involving two women from his original trial in 2020, and he's being tried for the first time on an allegation from a woman who wasn't in the first case.
