Overview
- Manhattan prosecutors moved to dismiss the unresolved third-degree rape count on Thursday, June 25, 2026, after Jessica Mann told the office she would not testify in what would have been a fourth trial.
- Prosecutors said they believe Mann’s account and called the repeated testimony an "extraordinarily taxing ordeal" that weighed in favor of a survivor-centered decision not to retry the low-level felony.
- Weinstein remains jailed on other sex-offense convictions in New York and California, and the Manhattan DA’s office has recommended a 20-year prison term for his criminal sexual act conviction involving Miriam Haley.
- The dropped charge closes a long procedural arc that began with a 2020 New York conviction overturned by the state’s highest court and two retrials that ended in hung juries in 2025 and this spring.
- The move spares Mann another round of public testimony and narrows the legal fight to sentencing and ongoing appeals, which could affect how much more time Weinstein ultimately serves.