Harvey Weinstein Juror Drama Results in Mistrial on Rape Charge (1)

The Manhattan judge presiding over Harvey Weinstein’s retrial declared a mistrial Thursday on the remaining rape charge after the jury foreperson refused to continue deliberations, citing an alleged threat from another juror.

The foreperson told the judge in one word during a one-on-one conversation Thursday morning—"no"—that he wasn’t willing to sit with his fellow jurors again.

“I understand these deliberations were more heated than some others,” Judge Curtis Farber told the full jury after hearing from the foreperson. “Given the nature of the deliberations became contentious to such a degree, I’m obligated to declare a mistrial on the one count ...