Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. responded to the conclusion of Harvey Weinstein‘s rape retrial in New York Thursday, praising the women who testified in court against the disgraced movie producer and apologizing to accuser Kaja Sokola.
On Wednesday, Weinstein was found guilty by a New York State Supreme Court jury of one count of first-degree sexual assault and acquitted on a second. Supreme Court Justice Curtis Farber was, however, forced to declare a mistrial on the charge of third-degree rape against Weinstein after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on the charge in question on Thursday.
The trial’s jury foreperson reportedly refused to engage in any further deliberations after receiving threats from other jurors…