{"id":2603527,"date":"2026-05-16T14:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T18:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wheelchair-bound-harvey-weinstein-returns-to-court-after-illness-jury-deliberates-his-fate-in-rape-trial\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T14:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T18:02:24","slug":"wheelchair-bound-harvey-weinstein-returns-to-court-after-illness-jury-deliberates-his-fate-in-rape-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wheelchair-bound-harvey-weinstein-returns-to-court-after-illness-jury-deliberates-his-fate-in-rape-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheelchair-Bound Harvey Weinstein Returns to Court After Illness, Jury Deliberates His Fate in Rape Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwheelchair-bound-harvey-weinstein-returns-to-court-after-illness-jury-deliberates-his-fate-in-rape-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603527&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Harvey Weinstein\u2019s third-degree rape retrial, jurors resumed deliberations after he returned to court following a day in which he reported chest pains. Weinstein, 74, has a history of heart trouble and appeared alert but pale, saying he felt \u201cgood, fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jury deliberations were disrupted earlier when jurors asked to rehear portions of accuser Jessica Mann\u2019s testimony and review a detailed prosecution timeline and evidence.On Thursday, jurors revisited Mann\u2019s account-focused on moments including when she described \u201cspacing out\u201d during questioning about why she didn\u2019t want a friend to know about the alleged sexual encounter. They also reviewed the judge\u2019s instructions on \u201creasonable doubt,\u201d then continued deliberations. By the end of the day, jurors had not reached a verdict and were scheduled to resume on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Mann testified that she said no repeatedly and that Weinstein assaulted her in a Manhattan hotel room in March 2013, while Weinstein\u2019s defense maintains the encounter was consensual. Weinstein did not testify. The case follows prior developments including an appeals court overturning his 2020 New York conviction and a prior retrial that ended without a verdict on Mann\u2019s portion of the charges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Harvey Weinstein returned to court and jurors resumed deliberating in his rape retrial Thursday, a day after the former <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >movie tycoon reported chest pains<\/a> while in the courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein, who\u2019s 74 and has a history of heart trouble and other health woes, looked pale but alert as he was brought into court in the wheelchair he has used for years. He said he felt \u201cgood, fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ex-studio boss was in a courthouse holding area Wednesday when jurors, after a few hours of deliberating, sent a note asking to rehear some of accuser Jessica Mann\u2019s testimony and to review a lengthy prosecution timeline of s and other evidence.<\/p>\n<p>After defense lawyers, prosecutors and Judge Curtis Farber convened in court to decide how to respond, Weinstein attorney Marc Agnifilo said court officers had told him Weinstein was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-man-calls-911-to-test-authenticity-of-his-meth-authorities-say\/\" title=\"Florida Man Calls 911 to Test Authenticity of His Meth, Authorities Say\">experiencing chest pains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein wasn\u2019t brought into court at that point, and Farber ultimately sent jurors home Wednesday a bit earlier than planned, telling them there were \u201cunforeseen reasons\u201d for the early dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>Jurors got the requested information Thursday, revisiting testimony that Agnifilo had highlighted in his closing argument: a moment when Mann said she was \u201cspacing out\u201d as a defense lawyer asked why she didn\u2019t want a friend to know that anything sexual had happened between her and Weinstein.<\/p>\n<p>The defense was trying to suggest that she was worried about her reputation, not an alleged rape that Weinstein says never happened.<\/p>\n<p>Jurors returned to their closed-door discussions. Over the ensuing hours, the jury asked to rehear Mann\u2019s testimony about the alleged rape and the lead-up to it, and to go over the judge\u2019s instructions on reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the legal bar that evidence must clear to justify a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Jurors ultimately went home for the night without reaching a verdict. Deliberations are to resume Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Mann, 40, has testified that she willingly had some sexual interludes with the then-married producer, but that he subjected her to unwanted sex in a Manhattan hotel room in March 2013 after she repeatedly said no.<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein\u2019s lawyers maintain that the encounter was consensual.<\/p>\n<p>They have emphasized that Mann subsequently continued seeing Weinstein and expressing warmth\u00a0toward him. Mann has said she was mired in complicated feelings about him, herself and what had happened.<\/p>\n<p>Her viewpoint changed in 2017, when a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deplorable-and-predatory-behavior-the-lincoln-project-condemns-cofounder-after-nyt-reports-he-allegedly-sexually-harassed-14-year-old-boy\/\" title=\"\u2018Deplorable And Predatory Behavior\u2019: The Lincoln Project Condemns Cofounder After NYT Reports He Allegedly ...ly Harassed 14-Year-Old Boy\">sexual misconduct allegations<\/a> against the Oscar-winning Weinstein propelled the #MeToo campaign to hold people \u2014 especially powerful men \u2014 accountable for sexual misbehavior.<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein has said he \u201cacted wrongly\u201d but never assaulted anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those accusations generated criminal convictions against Weinstein in New York and California.<\/p>\n<p>An appeals court overturned his 2020 New York conviction on charges that involved Mann and another accuser. At a retrial last year, jurors failed to reach a verdict on Mann\u2019s portion of the case, leading to this retrial. Weinstein is charged with one count of rape in the third degree.<\/p>\n<p>The current jury heard nearly three weeks of testimony, five days of it from Mann. Weinstein did not testify.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press generally does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted. 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