"Disgraced former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is weighing a potential guilty plea to resolve an undecided third-degree rape charge and avoid a third trial in New York on charges that came to define the #MeToo era. Weinstein, in a wheelchair and looking noticeably paler than he did when he was last in court in June, was brought to Judge Curtis Farber's court on Thursday, seeking to have his latest sex crime conviction thrown out over claims of juror intimidation."
"Weinstein was found guilty of forcing oral sex on Miriam Haley in 2006, and cleared of assaulting another woman, Kaja Sokola, also in 2006, and there was a hung jury on a third charge involving hairstylist and actor Jessica Mann in a Manhattan hotel in 2013. Dozens of other women have accused Weinstein of abuse and sexual attacks during his long career as a huge player in Hollywood, where he was one of the most powerful figures in the movie industry."
Harvey Weinstein, 73, is weighing a guilty plea to resolve an undecided third-degree rape charge and avoid a third New York trial. He appeared in a wheelchair seeking to have a sex-crime conviction thrown out over juror-intimidation claims; Judge Curtis Farber denied the motion. Two jurors said in sworn statements they doubted his guilt but yielded to verbal aggression during deliberations. Weinstein was convicted of forcing oral sex on Miriam Haley in 2006, cleared on one charge, and faced a hung jury on another. Dozens of women have accused him of abuse; he denies assault and says some encounters were consensual or transactional.
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