Overview

• Prosecutors wrapped up closing arguments on Wednesday with Nicole Blumberg telling jurors that the three women all said no and describing Weinstein as a serial predator who used his power to abuse them.
• Defense attorney Arthur Aidala argued that every encounter was consensual and transactional, portraying the accusers as driven by career ambitions rather than victims of force.
• A panel of seven women and five men is set to deliberate on two counts of first-degree criminal sexual act and one count of third-degree rape covering alleged incidents from 2002 to 2013.
• The retrial began in mid-April after New York’s highest court vacated Weinstein’s 2020 conviction last April due to trial-judge errors in witness handling.
• Weinstein remains held at Rikers Island while serving a separate 16-year rape sentence in California and has attended court in a wheelchair amid ongoing health concerns.