Harvey Weinstein’s Third NYC Trial Set to Begin April 14

Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to face a retrial in Manhattan on April 14, stemming from rape allegations made by actress Jessica Mann. Jury selection is set to begin on that date, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office as reported by the New York Daily News.

Background of the Case

This trial marks the third attempt to secure a conviction related to Mann’s allegations. In 2020, Weinstein was initially convicted of raping Mann and sexually assaulting another woman, Miriam Haley, receiving a 23-year prison sentence. However, those convictions were overturned by New York’s highest court.

A subsequent retrial in 2025 resulted in a split verdict. Weinstein was found guilty of sexually assaulting one woman but the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision on the charges brought by Jessica Mann, leading to a mistrial .

Previous Allegations and Testimony

Jessica Mann alleges that Weinstein pressured her into sexual acts, including oral sex, after initially offering to help her career in 2013 when she was 27 years old. She testified that he pressured her into sex at a New York hotel in March 2013, stating she felt she “just gave up” according to the Associated Press.

Following the mistrial in June 2025, Mann released a statement to Rolling Stone, expressing the personal cost of coming forward: “Coming forward cost me everything: my privacy, my safety… I laid bare my trauma, my shame — everything I’d tried to bury just to keep living. Still, I stood up and told the truth. Again, and again.”

Weinstein’s Legal Team and Plea Attempts

Weinstein, now 73, has recently changed his legal representation. He is now represented by Jacob Kaplan, alongside Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, who previously defended Sean “Diddy” Combs in his sex trafficking case . He retains Arthur Aidala as his primary attorney.

Earlier in 2026, Aidala indicated Weinstein would consider a plea deal if it resulted in a concurrent sentence to the one he is currently serving. However, a request to vacate a previous conviction from June was denied by Judge Curtis Farber .

Weinstein’s Statement to the Court

Addressing Judge Farber directly, Weinstein described his conditions at Rikers Island as a “march to my death,” expressing fears of dying in prison “unseen and unheard” .