Harvey Weinstein Heads to Court Again as Third Trial Date Set for April
Harvey Weinstein is headed back to court yet again, with a New York judge setting April 14, 2026 for another trial tied to an unresolved rape charge that a previous jury couldn’t decide.
The new proceeding comes after years of legal reversals and partial verdicts that have kept the case active even after Weinstein’s earlier conviction.
According to court records and reporting from multiple outlets, Weinstein’s 2020 New York rape conviction was overturned in April 2024 after the state’s highest court ruled the trial judge improperly allowed testimony from women whose allegations were not part of the criminal charges.
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Prosecutors retried the case in 2025, where jurors convicted Weinstein of one criminal sexual act, acquitted him on another, and deadlocked on a third rape charge.
Because the jury couldn’t reach a decision on that remaining allegation, Manhattan prosecutors moved forward with a third trial focused on the unresolved charge.
Weinstein remains jailed while awaiting trial and is already serving a 16-year sentence from a separate California conviction.
The upcoming trial is expected to again test the legal legacy of one of the cases that helped ignite the #MeToo movement.
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