👨⚖️"Prosecutors drop outstanding rape case against Harvey Weinstein: NY prosecutors have chosen not to pursue a rape charge. The case had been tried 3 times, once resulting in a conviction (overturned).
'To be clear,' the D.A. said, 'we believe Ms. Mann's account, and her credibility as a witness'."
![[Weinstein’s victim], a hairstylist an actor, spent days on the witness stand at all three trials, telling jurors that Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel in 2013 — and being questioned extensively about the complex relationship she had with him before and afterward. The Oscar-winning producer denied the charge and said everything that happened between him and [the survivor] was consensual.
In a letter that prosecutor Nicole Blumberg quoted in court Thursday, [the survivor] said she could “no longer endure going through this,” adding that the 8-year-old case has “put me through more harm than good.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v7e2mavuqgjnludex7csmdhn/bafkreibwnzpk2kh6ltdzvs2l6bx7xwuoqzegkzlldorlglrzlhnndqvz74)
