Overview

• Harvey Weinstein's retrial commenced in Manhattan on April 23, 2025, following the overturning of his 2020 conviction by New York's highest court due to procedural errors.
• Prosecutors introduced a new charge based on allegations by Kaja Sokola, who accused Weinstein of a criminal sexual act in 2006 and detailed prior inappropriate encounters when she was 16.
• Weinstein, 73, pleaded not guilty to all charges, including those from Miriam Haley and Jessica Mann, with his defense arguing the encounters were consensual and career-driven.
• Witness testimony began with Stefan Sterns, a former Weinstein assistant, corroborating interactions between Weinstein and Haley, and Elizabeth Entin recounting Haley's shaken account of an alleged 2006 assault.
• The retrial, expected to last six weeks, explores themes of power abuse, victim silence, and the judicial system's handling of high-profile sexual misconduct cases.