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Harvey Weinstein was found guilty on one charge during his sex crimes retrial on June 4, 2025, with the jury unanimously convicting him of forcibly performing a first-degree criminal sexual act on Miriam Haley, a former production assistant, in 2006 at his Manhattan residence. This conviction stands as a significant legal outcome in a case that has symbolized the broader reckoning of the #MeToo era. Despite the gravity of this decision, the jury acquitted Weinstein of a separate charge involving model Kaja Sokola and has yet to reach a verdict on a third count—third-degree rape—linked to aspiring actress Jessica Mann.
Weinstein, now 73, did not take the stand in this six-week retrial, continuing the strategy he used during his original 2020 trial. At his arraignment, he pled not guilty to all three charges, with his legal team arguing that each sexual encounter was consensual. However, prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, led by Alvin Bragg, painted a very different picture, calling 24 witnesses and asserting that Weinstein manipulated his position of power in the entertainment industry to coerce women into unwanted sexual encounters.
This retrial came after a dramatic turn in April 2024, when an appellate court overturned Weinstein’s initial New York conviction, ruling that the trial judge had allowed inappropriate testimony unrelated to the specific charges at hand. The Manhattan DA responded swiftly by reindicting Weinstein in September 2024 on the same charges, leading to this new trial.
During the proceedings, all three accusers—Haley, Sokola, and Mann—took the stand again to revisit traumatic episodes from years past. Haley’s testimony ultimately secured the conviction, as she described being forced to perform oral sex, while the accounts from Sokola and Mann, although harrowing, did not yield additional verdicts at this stage.
Weinstein’s spokesperson has already indicated plans to appeal this latest conviction, citing claims of juror bias. Meanwhile, the jury will resume deliberations on the final unresolved charge concerning Jessica Mann.
While Weinstein is already serving a 16-year sentence in California for a separate 2013 rape conviction, this New York conviction adds further weight to his criminal record, continuing to underscore the legal consequences of abuse once shielded by power and celebrity.