Harvey Weinstein found guilty of criminal sexual assault as jury reaches partial verdict in retrial

A jury found Harvey Weinstein guilty of one count in his sexual assault retrial.

The jury told the judge they found 73-year-old Weinstein guilty of criminal sexual assault against Miriam Haley. The jury told the judge Weinstein was not guilty of criminal  sexual assault regarding Kaja Sokola. The jury told the judge they have not reached a verdict on the charge of third degree rape. 

The charges against Harvey Weinstein

The trial involved accusations from three women: Miriam Haley, Jessica Mann and Kaja Sokola.

Haley and Sokola both testified Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on each of them on separate occasions – Haley at Weinstein’s apartment in July 2006 and Sokola at a Manhattan hotel sometime in late April or early May 2006.

Mann testified Weinstein raped her at a New York hotel in 2013.

All three accusers took the stand during the trial, along with Sokola’s former roommate and an ex-aide who worked for Weinstein’s film production company. Weinstein himself decided not to testify, his attorney said.

Haley and Mann’s accusations were the focus of Weinstein’s original 2020 trial. Sokola came forward with her accusations as that trial was ongoing, and the related charges were added to the retrial.

Harvey Weinstein trial timeline

These charges date back to October 2017 when a bombshell exposé into Weinstein’s alleged misconduct was published in The New York Times, sparking the #MeToo movement.

He surrendered to police in Lower Manhattan months later, in May 2018, and was arraigned on multiple sex assault charges, some of which were later tossed.

As his New York trial got underway in January 2020, he was also indicted on separate sex assault charges in Los Angeles.

On Feb. 24, 2020, after five days of deliberations, Weinstein was found guilty of third-degree rape and criminal sexual act. He was acquitted of three other counts, including predatory sexual assault. The following month, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison.

In December 2022, a Los Angeles jury found Weinstein guilty of three counts of sexual assault, including rape. Two months later, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison on those charges.

Weinstein’s 2020 conviction was overturned by the State of New York Court of Appeals in April 2024 because the judge in the original trial allowed prosecutors to call alleged victims whose accusations were not part of the charges against Weinstein.

The retrial began April 23, 2025, with Weinstein facing an additional new sex crime charge. The trial lasted just over five weeks, with closing arguments given on June 3. Jury deliberations began June 5.

The Associated Press

contributed to this report.