NEW YORK — 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.

“This is nothing other than normal tensions during heated deliberations,” Judge Farber told the lawyers after the juror rejoined his peers. “Perhaps his youth makes him uncomfortable with conflict.”

The juror said he wanted to be excused from the trial because he was uncomfortable with how some jurors were acting toward another j

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