Prosecutors Dismiss Rape Charge Against Harvey Weinstein

Manhattan prosecutors said they will not retry Harvey Weinstein on a rape charge related to Jessica Mann, after a mistrial was declared on the count in May. 

The prosecutors said they made the decision to dismiss the charge after having discussions with Mann, who did not wish to testify again. This would have been the fourth time Mann testified in front of a jury about the charge.

“To be clear, we believe Ms. Mann’s account and her credibility as a witness. This has been an extraordinarily taxing ordeal for her, and she has never wavered while testifying in front of two grand juries and three trial juries over the course of eight years. We thank her for her honesty and her tremendous bravery,” Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg said in a statement. 

In choosing to dismiss the charge related to Mann, the D.A’s office is also moving forward with sentencing recommendations of 20 years in prison for Weinstein on the charge of a criminal sexual act against former Project Runway assistant Miriam Haley, “which would account for the significant harms his actions have caused Ms. Haley,” according to Bragg.. Prosecutors had been holding off on sentencing until proceedings related to the Mann were concluded.

Weinstein was initially convicted in New York of raping Mann, an aspiring actress, in 2020, as well as sexually assaulting former Project Runway assistant Miriam Haley. That conviction was overturned in 2024 when the New York Court of Appeals ruled that the trial judge incorrectly allowed other women whose allegations were not charged in the case to testify.

Prosecutors then pursued a retrial in 2025, where Weinstein was convicted of a criminal sexual act against Haley, and cleared of a similar charge against former model Kaja Sokola. The jury in that trial was unable to reach a verdict on the charge related to Mann and a mistrial was declared. 

Another trial on the charge related to Mann was held this spring, and similarly ended in a mistrial. 

More to come.