Harvey Weinstein is “ready” to face a jury for the third time on a rape accusation following the shocking split verdict at his Manhattan retrial, his attorney said Wednesday.
The disgraced Hollywood mogul’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, said Weinstein was eager to clear his name as Manhattan prosecutors announced they were ready to retry him on a third-degree rape charge related to aspiring actress Jessica Mann.
“We’re ready to go, judge,” Aidala told the judge during Weinstein’s first appearance in Manhattan Supreme Court since the split verdict at his retrial in June . 3
Jurors convicted the former Miramax honcho on June 11 of sexually assaulting former “Project Runway” assistant Miriam Haley in 2006, but acquitted him on a criminal sexual charge against Polish model Kaja Sokola.
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