Harvey Weinstein Opening Statements Set After Jury of 7 Women, 5 Men Seated for New York Rape Retrial

Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault and rape retrial in New York was set for Wednesday-morning opening arguments after a jury of seven women and five men was seated Tuesday in a Manhattan criminal court.

It’s the first female-skewed jury Weinstein will face across three trials. Seven men and five woman convicted the disgraced movie mogul at his first New York trial five years ago; the Los Angeles jury that found him guilty in late 2022 was made up of nine men and three women.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys were still rounding out six alternates on Tuesday, likely pushing opening statements to Wednesday or beyond, the AP reported Wednesday.

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