(6 Jun 2025)
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New York – 6 June 2025
1. Harvey Weinstein’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, exiting the courthouse
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Arthur Aidala, Attorney for Harvey Weinstein:
"We are very concerned about the juror who came in twice today to make complaints that this is a fair and unjust – unfair, I’m sorry, unfair and unjust. So a… a juror who’s been here on time, always been paying attention. He came in in the morning, and then he came in right before lunch, and complaining about juror misconduct and saying that this process is unfair and unjust. Those are very important words in this courthouse behind us. Unfair and unjust."
3. Aidala talking to the press outside the courthouse
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Arthur Aidala, Attorney for Harvey Weinstein:
"We’re going to explore the legal issues around that this weekend. And probably make a submission to the court regarding that over the weekend. We’ve asked for a mistrial about it twice, once this morning and once this afternoon. Those issues have been turned down, but are now preserved if – if there has to be an appeal."
5. Aidala leaving
STORYLINE:
A juror in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes trial asked to be removed from the case Friday because he felt his fellow jurors were treating a member of their panel in an “unfair and unjust” way, but the judge told him he had to keep deliberating.
Judge Curtis Farber later denied a defense request for a mistrial, saying he believed the juror was simply expressing discomfort in the deliberation process, noting that he’s the youngest on the 12-person panel.
The second day of deliberations ended Friday without a verdict. Jurors are expected back in court Monday.
Jurors reheard testimony from Weinstein’s three accusers. They also reviewed other evidence, including medical records and emails.
Twice on Friday, though, a juror requested to address the court without the other jurors present.
The juror said he wanted to be excused from the trial because he was uncomfortable with how some jurors were acting toward another juror.
But Farber denied the request, saying there were no more alternate jurors to replace him and, in any case, his concerns did not warrant being dismissed.
The juror insisted, calling the treatment “unfair and unjust” even as he described the tension as “playground stuff” with jurors shunning another juror and talking behind their back.
Weinstein’s lawyer Arthur Aidala argued that the jury should be told to stop deliberating while the court found out more about the concerns.
Sexual misconduct allegations against Weinstein propelled the #MeToo movement in 2017.
The jury of seven women and five men is considering two counts of criminal sex act and one count of rape against the 73-year-old Oscar-winning movie producer, with the criminal sex act charges the higher-degree felonies. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty.
Weinstein was convicted of sex crimes in New York and California, but the New York conviction was overturned last year, leading to the retrial before a new jury and a different judge.
Jurors heard more than five weeks of testimony, including lengthy testimony from three accusers.
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