Prosecutors Drop Harvey Weinstein Rape Charge After Two Juries Deadlocked

By Gene Maddaus

Gene Maddaus

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New York prosecutors on Thursday dropped a charge of third-degree rape against Harvey Weinstein, after two juries were unable to reach a verdict on the allegation.

In a statement, the D.A.’s office said that the accuser, Jessica Mann, did not wish to testify at a fourth trial of the disgraced mogul.

“To be clear, we believe Ms. Mann’s account and her credibility as a witness,” Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg said in a statement. “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.”

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