Two jurors who voted to convict Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault say they regret the decision and only did so because others on the panel bullied them, the former movie mogul's lawyers say.
Weinstein's lawyers are seeking to overturn his June conviction for a first-degree criminal sex act, arguing in court papers the guilty verdict was marred by "threats, intimidation, and extraneous bias" and the judge failed to properly deal with it at the time.
In sworn affidavits included with the court filing, two jurors said they felt overwhelmed and intimidated by jurors who wanted to convict Weinstein on the charge, which accused him of forcing oral sex on TV and film production assistant and producer Miriam Haley in 2006.
One juror said she was screamed at in the jury room and told, "we have