Harvey Weinstein will not face another trial on the rape charge involving Jessica Mann after prosecutors said she does not want to testify again.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced yesterday that his office will dismiss the remaining third-degree rape count against Weinstein, 74, after the case ended in a mistrial in May.
“In accordance with our survivor-centered approach to prosecutions, we informed the court that we will not retry the remaining count,” Bragg’s office said in a press release. “To be clear, we believe Ms. Mann’s account and her credibility as a witness.”
Prosecutors said the case has been “an extraordinarily taxing ordeal” for Mann, who testified before two grand juries and three trial juries over eight years. Mann also addressed the decision, saying she could not go through another trial.
“It was clear to me at this last trial I could no longer endure going through this any longer,” she said. “In my fight to see justice, it has nearly stolen a decade of my life.”
Mann said the process changed her “in irrevocable ways.”
Weinstein’s representative, Juda Engelmayer, said, “Harvey is relieved by today’s outcome.”
Weinstein has long denied all allegations of assault and nonconsensual sex. He was retried in New York this year and convicted of sexually abusing Miriam Haley, while the Mann count ended in a mistrial. Bragg’s office is recommending a 20-year sentence.