Prosecutors Drop Harvey Weinstein's New York Rape Charge
Updated on: June 25, 2026 / 12:41 PM EDT / CBS New York
TL;DR
- Prosecutors are dropping a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein.
- This decision avoids a potential fourth trial for Weinstein in New York.
- Weinstein remains convicted of other sexual felonies in New York and California.
- The New York rape charge remained unresolved after his third trial.
- Jessica Mann accused Weinstein of raping her in a New York City hotel room in 2013.
- A jury could not reach a unanimous decision in a previous trial.
- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg stated that Mann did not wish to testify again.
- Weinstein's lawyers argued the relationship with Mann was consensual.
- Weinstein has admitted to acting "wrongly" but denies assaulting anyone.