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Harvey Weinstein found guilty of sexual assault

Former Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court during his rape and sexual assault re-trial in New York on June 10, 2025. (Photo by Curtis Means / POOL / AFP)

Disgraced Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of one sexual assault Wednesday and not guilty of another, with jurors still considering a rape charge at his retrial at which three women recounted in graphic detail how he victimized them.

Weinstein was retried for offenses against two women, Jessica Mann whom he is alleged to have raped, and Miriam Haley whom he was found to have sexually assaulted, alongside new charges of assaulting ex-model Kaja Sokola.

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