Harvey Weinstein jury pores over accuser's emails during deliberations in NYC sex crimes retrial
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NEW YORK — Jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes retrial seemed to concentrate on one specific accuser among the three as their discussions continued into a fourth day on Tuesday, showing no further signs of the interpersonal tensions that had emerged earlier.

The jury requested to begin their session on Tuesday with digital versions of emails and other evidence related to Jessica Mann, the accuser whose relationship with Weinstein was possibly the most intricate. The jurors spent the morning deliberating without making any additional requests.

Throughout several days of testimony, Mann claimed that the Oscar-winning film producer raped her in 2013 within the context of a consensual relationship that persisted for years later. Weinstein’s defense highlighted that she continued to see him, accepted his invitations, and sent him friendly messages. Mann explained that she “compartmentalized” the distress he inflicted on her.

Weinstein, 73, has pleaded not guilty to all the charges in the case. In addition to the rape charge, he’s accused of sexually assaulting two other women, Mimi Haley and Kaja Sokola.

Weinstein didn’t testify during the current trial, but maintained through his attorneys that he had completely consensual encounters with his accusers, who wanted his help building show business careers.

Weinstein was one of the movie industry’s most powerful figures until a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him became public in 2017, fueling the #MeToo movement and eventually leading to criminal charges.

The jury is made up of seven women and five men. Their closed-door discussions began Thursday and apparently have been fractious at times.

One juror asked Friday to be excused because he felt one member of the group was being treated unfairly. Then on Monday, the foreperson complained to the judge, prosecutors and defense lawyers that some jurors were “pushing” others to change their minds, talking about Weinstein’s past and going beyond the charges.

The foreperson didn’t specify what was said. Trial evidence has included some testimony about allegations outside the scope of the current charges, such as mentions of the groundswell of claims against the ex-studio boss in 2017.

Yet another juror soon asked to speak to the court, where she opined that things were “going well.” By the end of Monday, the jury as a whole said in a note that it was “making good progress.”

There was progress Tuesday on at least one front: Jurors ultimately were given coffee, as requested, Judge Curtis Farber said. He hadn’t initially thought the state court system could provide it.

Weinstein originally was convicted in New York in 2020 of raping Mann and forcing oral sex on Haley. Sokola’s allegation was added last year, after New York state’s highest court overturned the 2020 conviction and sent the case back for retrial.

Meanwhile, Weinstein is appealing a 2022 rape conviction in Los Angeles.

The Associated Press generally does not identify people without their permission if they say they have been sexually assaulted. Sokola, Mann and Haley have agreed to be named.

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