Article #61831

Accuser declines to testify in fourth trial after May mistrial with prosecutors citing her ‘extraordinarily taxing ordeal’

Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday moved to drop a third-degree rape ⁠charge against Harvey Weinstein after the woman accusing the disgraced movie mogul of assaulting her said she did not want to testify in ⁠what would have ⁠been ​a fourth trial.

Weinstein’s third trial in New York state court over an allegation that he raped ⁠aspiring actress Jessica Mann ended in a mistrial in May after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.