Harvey Weinstein found guilty in New York sexual assault retrial but acquitted on second charge

Weinstein, 73, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of committing a criminal sex act and one count of rape.

The trial judge, Curtis Farber, is hearing other cases while awaiting a verdict.

Weinstein was originally convicted in New York in 2020 of rape and sexual assault against two women in a verdict considered a landmark in the #MeToo movement.

But the conviction was subsequently overturned, leading to his retrial - with an additional accuser added last year - before a new jury and a different judge.

The jury found him not guilty of an additional sexual assault charge and have not yet returned a verdict on a charge of rape.

The conviction is in addition to a 16-year sentence that the disgraced producer has yet to serve after being convicted of sex crimes in Los Angeles.

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The trial is based on the testimony of three women: former television production assistant Miriam Haley, actress Jessica Mann, and model Kaja Sokola.

On Wednesday, the jury found Weinstein guilty of assaulting Ms Haley and not guilty of assaulting Ms Sokola.

The jury have yet to return a verdict on Ms Mann - intending to resume deliberations on the rape count on Thursday.

An appeals court overturned Weinstein's previous conviction for sex crimes in New York last April. The court found Weinstein did not receive a fair trial in 2020 because a judge permitted testimony from women who made allegations against him beyond the charges at hand.

The disgraced film producer was then indicted on new sexual assault charges in the state in September.