Two of the jurors who voted to convict Harvey Weinstein claim they were bullied into doing so and "regret the verdict"

Harvey Weinstein was convicted on the charge of s***ally assaulting producer Miriam Haley back in 2006 in New York. However, the charge was overturned following an appeal hearing in 2024. This led to a second indictment against Weinstein, and he was ultimately convicted of s***al assault again, following Miriam Halley's testimony.

Harvey Weinstein and his legal representatives have, however, called for the conviction to be thrown out based on the claim that jurors were pressured by fellow jurors to vote for a conviction of the tycoon.

Bloomberg Law has obtained the juror affidavits attached to this claim. Portions of that are quoted here via Bloomberg Law's article on the matter on October 9, 2025, wherein one unidentified juror states:

"I regret the verdict. Without the intimidation from other jurors, I believe that the jury would have hung on the Miriam Haley charge."

One of the juror affidavits later claims that a fellow juror claimed that Weinstein was bribing a panel member, which swung the vote:

"The false allegation” that a juror was being paid “shifted deliberations from an even 6-6 split to a sudden unanimous verdict."

The other juror's affidavit claimed that he was threatened by one of his fellow jurors:

"When I arrived home, I called two family members and told them to come look for me if they didn’t hear from me, since something was not right about this jury deliberation process. I was so afraid of the repercussions and feared for my physical safety that I ultimately voted with the majority."

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Harvey Weinstein is still facing 16 16-year prison term

While Harvey Weinstein is currently fighting his reconviction in the Miriam Haley case in New York and has been acquitted in the case of Kaja Sokola, with a mistrial in the case of Jessica Mann's rape charge against him, the producer is still facing a 16-year prison term from a different set of charges made in California. Weinstein was convicted of three counts of se*al assault in California, which he appealed in 2024.

Harvey Weinstein's case is directly tied to the Me Too movement. Weinstein's record of abuse and harassment was revealed first in an investigative trial by New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey in 2017. The duo's investigative reporting unearthed decades of allegations against the then-Weinstein Company head, including evidence that he had made settlements with several women over the years.

Those who came forward in that report included Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan. This was soon followed by another investigative report by The New Yorker journalist Ronan Farrow. The hashtag # MeToo was created by Tarana Burke back in the early 2000s. After the Weinstein reports came out, actress Alyssa Milano encouraged survivors of such crimes to come forward and use the hashtag to share their experiences.

The MeToo movement would go on to become a global campaign of awareness and a campaign for justice for women and marginalized people who have experienced s****l harassment and abuse, especially from people in positions of power.

The MeToo movement led to allegations against figures such as Wayne Pacelle, Pastor Andy Savage, and millionaire Francisco J. Ayala. It also led to the closure of the President's Club, a British charity. In Hollywood, it led to allegations against John Lasseter and many others.

Harvey Weinstein's conviction also resulted in what is called the Weinstein effect, in which powerful men otherwise thought to be immune to convictions were convicted on charges of s***al assault and harassment, among other crimes.

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