A Manhattan jury has found former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein guilty on a sex crimes charge but has been acquitted of another.
He stood accused of sexually assaulting aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013, assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and assaulting Kaja Sokola in 2002 when she was a 16-year-old aspiring actress.
The jury found Weinstein guilty on one of the three counts he faced, which stemmed from his alleged assault of Ms Haley.
The jury found Weinstein not guilty of a charge stemming from his alleged assault of Ms Sokola and has not reached a verdict for the third charge.
Weinstein, 73, pleaded not guilty and has denied assaulting anyone or having non-consensual sex.
The verdict was handed down on Wednesday local time after five days of jury deliberation.
The partial verdict came after an extraordinary day in which the jury foreperson indicated he felt bullied and Weinstein himself urged the judge to halt the trial, declaring: "It's just not fair.
"My life is on the line, and you know what? It's not fair," the former Hollywood heavy-hitter declared after making an unusual request to address the court.
"It's time, it's time, it's time, it's time to say this trial is over."
The retrial began in April, in response to a state appeals court overturning Weinstein's 2020 conviction.
Throughout the trial, the prosecution portrayed Weinstein as a serial predator who promised career advancement in Hollywood to women, only to then coax them into private settings where he attacked them.
The defence rejected that characterisation, saying Weinstein engaged in "mutually beneficial" relationships with his accusers, who ended up with auditions and other show business opportunities.
Weinstein was once one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood, but the movie mogul became the face of the #MeToo movement after more than 100 women including famous actresses, accused him of misconduct in 2017.
Weinstein co-founded the Miramax studio, whose hit movies included Shakespeare in Love and Pulp Fiction.
His own eponymous film studio filed for bankruptcy in March 2018, five months after sexual misconduct accusations against him became widely publicised.
The trial has been marred by infighting and threats among jury members.
Before the jury announced their verdict on Wednesday, Justice Curtis Farber met privately with one person on the 12-member jury referred to as Juror One.
The judge then stated in open court that there had been "fighting" in the jury room.
"Juror One has made it very clear that he is not going to change his position," Farber said, adding that Juror One did not tell him what his position was.
"He indicated that at least one other juror made comments to the juror that 'I'll meet you outside one day,' and there's yelling and screaming."
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