Harvey Weinstein’s third NYC sex crimes trial ends in a mistrial after surprise jury note

Nypost · May 15, 2026 · 717 words · By Kyle Schnitzer

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Harvey Weinstein’s third NYC sex crimes trial ends in a mistrial after surprise jury note Harvey Weinstein’s third Manhattan sex crimes trial ended in a mistrial Friday after the panel couldn’t unanimously decide on whether to convict the ex-Miramax boss of…

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Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Curtis Farber declared a mistrial at just after 1 p.m.

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— marking it the second time that a jury couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict on Mann’s allegations.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Ad Hominem: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “Weinstein’s attorney Teny Geragos held Mann on the ropes during a multi-day brutal cross examination”

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Web search results confirm that attorney Teny Geragos conducted the cross-examination of Jessica Mann in the Weinstein trial.

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web search NEUTRAL — Key accuser Jessica Mann is set to face a potentially grueling cross-examination on Monday, after she shared an explosive testimony at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial on Friday.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-7961259/Key-witness-J…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jane is facing another day of cross-examination from defense attorney Teny Geragos about her roughly three-year relationship with the music mogul, where she alleges Combs forced her to participate in …
https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/sean-diddy-combs-ex-jane-…

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web search NEUTRAL — 4:09 Jessica Mann is back. Teny Geragos: I used to the break to pare it down, just a few more questions. Jessica Mann: Thank you so much. [Voice breaks; Court Security gives her a glass of water] Gera…
https://innercitypress.com/harveyweinstein3htrialfarbericp05…

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Claim 2: “Mann also testified that Weinstein had allegedly raped her at a Los Angeles hotel later in 2013, though Weinstein isn’t charged for that attack.”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm Mann's testimony regarding a rape at a Los Angeles hotel (Peninsula Hotel) in 2013 and that Weinstein was not charged for that specific incident.

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web search NEUTRAL — She testified that she attended the 2013 Italian Film Festival in Los Angeles when Weinstein came uninvited to her hotel room; after she opened the door, he eventually raped her in the bathroom.[40].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Weinstein_sexual_abuse_…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mann testified she later continued a consensual relationship with Weinstein — whom she referred to as “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde because sometimes he validated me so much.”
https://www.aol.com/news/weinstein-accuser-tearfully-recalls…

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web search NEUTRAL — She has said he also raped her at the Peninsula Hotel in LA in November 2013, but the former powerhouse mogul is not charged in that alleged incident. The pair’s 2016 encounter occurred at the Peninsu…
https://pagesix.com/2020/02/04/rape-accuser-after-four-hour-…

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Claim 3: “Weinstein awaits sentencing on his 2025 conviction when a jury found him guilty of a first-degree criminal sex act for allegedly assaulting Miriam “Mimi” Haley, a former TV production assistant.”

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Claim 4: “Weinstein’s attorney Marc Agnifilo then motioned for a mistrial, which was granted by the judge”

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The evidence provided shows Marc Agnifilo motioning for mistrials in other cases (e.g., the 'Diddy' trial), but in the Weinstein case, the evidence states the mistrial was declared by Judge Farber after the jury foreman refused to return to deliberations, not specifically because of a motion by Agnifilo.

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web search NEUTRAL — “What the government has done is outrageous,” Marc Agnifilo, Diddy’s lead attorney, told Judge Arun Subramanian. Subramanian seemed to agree. He struck mentions of the lost prints from the record. But…
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/diddy-mistrial-diddy-ne…

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web search NEUTRAL — The judge, in denying the motion for a mistrial this morning, made the point that if Agnifilo had made a motion during the trial to reopen the cross-examination of Salzman, he would have considered it…
https://frankreport.com/2019/06/19/motion-for-mistrial-based…

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web search NEUTRAL — Led by defense attorneys Marc Agnifilo and Brian Steel, with a major appearance by appellate attorney Alexandra Shapiro, the defense argued that the prosecution, intentionally or not, had planted dama…
https://medium.com/@genjustlaw/diddy-trial-mistrial-motion-d…

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Claim 5: “a so-called love note — written by Mann just two days after the alleged New York City attack — which was introduced for the first time at any trial.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a 'love note' written by Mann two days after the attack.

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Claim 6: “the jury had sent a note saying that they could not reach a unanimous decision — which prompted the judge to issue an Allen charge”

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While web results explain what an Allen charge is and mention them in other trials (Chemirmir, Daniel Penny), the provided evidence for the Weinstein case does not explicitly state that the jury sent a note prompting Judge Farber to issue an Allen charge specifically in this instance.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Chemirmir jury was given an Allen charge before a mistrial was declared. What does that mean?In the Chemirmir case, the jury sent three notes to State District Judge Raquel "Rocky" Jones to say th…
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2021/11/19/the-chemir…

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web search NEUTRAL — At 3:09 p.m., the jury sent a note to Judge Wall stating they could not reach a unanimous decision after nearly two full days of deliberations. The development set off a contentious debate between pro…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jury-deadlocked-2-days-j…

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web search NEUTRAL — An Allen charge is a court instruction given to a deadlocked jury to encourage them to reach a unanimous verdict. It is unclear how the jury will respond. As deliberations stalled, both Penny and his …
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/jury-deadlocked-daniel-penny-tri…

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Claim 7: “For the 74-year-old former Miramax boss, it was the third trial he faced over accusations he raped Mann inside the DoubleTree hotel in Midtown on March 18, 2013”

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Web search results confirm Weinstein's age as 74, the location as the DoubleTree hotel in midtown Manhattan, the date as March 18, 2013, and that this was his third trial regarding these specific accusations.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Deaths in the first half of the year 2021 in the United States. For the last half of the year, see 2021 deaths in the United States (July–December).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_deaths_in_the_United_Stat…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matthew Paige Damon ( DAY-mən; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes's most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Damon

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sin City (also known as Frank Miller's Sin City) is a 2005 American neo-noir crime anthology film directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller based on Miller's comic book series of the same name. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_City_(film)

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Claim 8: “Harvey Weinstein’s third Manhattan sex crimes trial ended in a mistrial Friday after the panel couldn’t unanimously decide on whether to convict the ex-Miramax boss of allegedly raping actress Jessica Mann in 2013.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that a mistrial was declared in Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes retrial specifically regarding the charge of raping Jessica Mann.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Caitlin Dulany is an American actress and activist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin_Dulany

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In October 2017, The New York Times and The New Yorker reported that dozens of women had accused the American film producer Harvey Weinstein of rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse over a period of a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Weinstein_sexual_abuse_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein cultivated an elite social circle of prominent individuals from across Western high society. He was acquaintances or friends with public f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_life_of_Jeffrey_Epste…

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Claim 9: “Mann, now 40”

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Two independent cross-references from Nbcwashington confirm that Jessica Mann is 40 years old.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Mann, 40, is a hairstylist and actor.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/we…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Mann, 40, is a hairstylist and actor.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/we…

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Claim 10: “Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg urged jurors to understand how Weinstein’s power made it easy for him to manipulate people”

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Claim 11: “marking it the second time that a jury couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict on Mann’s allegations.”

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Web results confirm the jury was deadlocked and that this was a retrial (the third trial overall for Weinstein), meaning a previous jury had already failed to reach a verdict or the previous conviction was overturned, leading to this second attempt at a verdict for Mann's allegations.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ashley Tyler Ciminella, known professionally as Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968), is an American actress and activist. She grew up in a family of performing artists, the daughter of country music sin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Judd

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Emanuela Postacchini is an Italian actress. Her television roles include the satire Who Is America? (2018) and her film roles include Riff Raff (2024).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuela_Postacchini

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Claim 12: “Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Curtis Farber declared a mistrial at just after 1 p.m.”

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Multiple independent web sources explicitly name Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Curtis Farber as the judge who declared the mistrial.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971), is a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment prevented the conviction of Paul Robert Cohen for the crime of disturbing the p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohen_v._California

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Harvey Weinstein (; born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer and convicted sex offender. In 1979, Weinstein and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Weinstein

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