Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial has ended in a mistrial. A judge declared it Friday after the jury deadlocked. The former Hollywood mogul has been convicted of other sex crimes on two U.S. coasts and remains behind bars. But the mistrial leaves the New York rape charge in limbo after three trials. The majority-male Manhattan jury weighed whether the former movie mogul raped a woman in a New York hotel in 2013. Defense lawyers argue that the encounter was consensual. Some jurors told reporters that nine people wanted to acquit Weinstein and three wanted to convict him.
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Jurors have started deliberating in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial. The closed-door discussions began Wednesday. The jury is tasked with deciding whether the former movie mogul raped a woman in a Manhattan hotel on March 18, 2013. It's an unresolved piece of Weinstein's New York case, which epitomized the #MeToo movement. His accuser has testified that the two had a consensual relationship. But she says Weinstein subjected her to unwanted sex that day after she repeatedly said no. Weinstein's lawyers say the encounter was consensual.