Sexual Misconduct Weinstein

Jurors have heard opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial. Prosecutors once again portrayed Weinstein as a onetime Hollywood power player who used his sway as a tool of sexual assault. His lawyer countered during opening statements Tuesday that the case actually “is about consent, about choice and about regret.” Weinstein has been convicted of some sexual assault charges and acquitted of others in trials on two U.S. coasts. But the rape charge involving an 2013 encounter in a Manhattan hotel has lingered, due to an overturned conviction followed by a jury deadlock. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty.