Overview

• Opening statements have begun in Harvey Weinstein's retrial after his 2020 New York conviction was overturned due to procedural errors.
• The refiled case focuses on three allegations: forced oral sex with Mimi Haleyi in 2006, rape of Jessica Mann in 2013, and a newly included 2006 forced oral sex charge involving Kaja Sokola.
• A jury of seven women and five men has been seated, with stricter evidentiary rules in place compared to the original trial.
• Weinstein, who denies all allegations and claims the encounters were consensual, remains incarcerated under a separate 16-year Los Angeles sentence from 2022.
• The retrial, expected to last up to five weeks, revisits a case that was central to the rise of the #MeToo movement and has drawn global attention.