A week after New York's highest court overturned his conviction for rape and sexual assault, prosecutors said on Wednesday that they will retry former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, Reuters reports. “There was nothing consensual about this conduct,” Nicole Blumberg, with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, said at a court hearing in front of Judge Curtis Farber. "We believe in this case and will be retrying this case." Weinstein’s conviction was a milestone in the #MeToo movement in which hundreds of powerful men were accused of sexual misconduct. He had been serving a 23-year sentence in a prison in upstate Rome, New York, before he was transferred to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan following last week's order.
In February 2020, jurors in Manhattan convicted Weinstein of sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and of raping aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013. They are among more than 80 women who have accused him of sexual misconduct.Weinstein remained silent during the court hearing. His attorney, Arthur Aidala, did not object to his client being remanded. "There's a tremendous sense of relief that we're back here," Aidala said after the court hearing. "We're very confident that if he goes to trial, the only words we'll hear at the end of trial are 'not guilty,'" he added. Haley’s attorney, Gloria Allred, told reporters that she has not decided whether she will testify again at trial, saying the experience was traumatizing. “That testimony was obviously believed by the jury, and in addition, Mimi’s testimony was not the only evidence presented,” Allred said.