Harvey Weinstein will not face a fourth trial in New York on a rape charge after prosecutors moved to dismiss the count on Thursday, ending a major piece of one of the most prominent prosecutions to emerge from the #MeToo movement.
The decision does not erase Weinstein’s broader criminal record. The former movie mogul, now 74, remains in custody in New York and is still serving a separate sentence in California, while continuing to appeal the convictions that remain on the books.
The dropped charge stemmed from Jessica Mann’s allegation that Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013. In a letter to the court, Mann, a hairstylist and actor, said she “could no longer endure going through this.”
Mann, 40, had already taken the witness stand in three New York trials and delivered lengthy, emotional testimony each time. One of those proceedings ended in a conviction that was later overturned on appeal for reasons unrelated to her testimony. Two later retrials failed to produce a verdict, with juries deadlocking both times.
In her letter, Mann said she “gave my all” to the case, that it “put me through more harm than good,” and that she wanted to move on from this period of her life.
Prosecutors said they still believed Mann and remained confident in the strength of the case. But they said they were ending the prosecution in light of her wishes and because Weinstein has already been convicted in other cases.
Weinstein’s attorneys argued the allegation never should have been charged. He has denied raping Mann, and his lawyers have maintained that their relationship lasted for years and was consensual. Mann testified, however, that during the early part of that relationship, Weinstein trapped her in a hotel room, seized her arms and ignored her repeated requests not to have sex before raping her.
Her accusation was one of many criminal allegations that followed the flood of misconduct claims made against Weinstein in 2017. Once an Oscar-winning producer with enormous influence in Hollywood, he became a central figure in the wave of sexual assault and harassment accusations that helped galvanize #MeToo.
At trials in New York and California, Weinstein was convicted on some counts and acquitted on others. The dismissal of the charge connected to Mann has no impact on the convictions involving different women.
Weinstein, who has said he “never assaulted anyone,” is contesting those guilty verdicts. In Los Angeles, he was convicted of rape and sexual assault involving an Italian actor-model. In New York, he was convicted in 2025 of sexually assaulting Miriam Haley, a former production assistant and producer, after an appeals court overturned his earlier 2020 New York conviction and 23-year sentence.
Weinstein is scheduled to be sentenced in September on the New York conviction related to Haley. Prosecutors have asked the court to impose a 20-year sentence in that case. Haley testified that Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her in July 2006 after asking her to come by his Manhattan apartment before a flight.
Whatever sentence is handed down in New York, Weinstein is also set to serve a 16-year prison term in California.