Harvey Weinstein's retrial on rape and sexual assault charges has begun with opening arguments before a Manhattan jury, a year after New York's highest state appeals court overturned the disgraced film producer's conviction.

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ’s #MeToo retrial opened Wednesday, giving a new jury a fresh look at familiar rape and sexual assault allegations — plus a newly added claim from a former model.For the first time, prosecutors publicly identified Kaja Sokola and detailed her account of what unfolded between her and the Oscar-winning movie producer in the early 2000s. He is criminally charged with forcing oral sex on her in 2006, but she also accused him in a civil lawsuit of groping her against her will four years earlier, when she was 16.Like the two other accusers in the case, Sokola alleges a complex series of encounters and reactions — being sexually assaulted, yet staying in touch, wary of Weinstein but wanting to remain on good terms with a power broker who dangled the possibility of an acting career.“Why did the defendant hold this level of power and control in the eyes of these three women? … It’s because Harvey Weinstein defined the field,” prosecutor Shannon Lucey told jurors in an opening statement.…

Harvey Weinstein's retrial on rape and sexual assault charges is set to proceed on Wednesday, a year after New York's highest court overturned the disgraced movie mogul's conviction.

The case is being retried because a New York appeals court threw out the landmark convictions against the 73-year-old last year.

April 23 (UPI) -- Harvey Weinstein had "mutually beneficial relationships" with three women who accuse him of sexual assault, his attorney said during opening statements of his retrial Wednesday in Manhattan.

April 22 (UPI) -- Harvey Weinstein's retrial for sexual assault and rape will move forward with opening statements this week in New York after a majority-female jury was seated Tuesday.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers are expected to make opening statements Wednesday in the sex-crime case of the fallen mogul Harvey Weinstein.

NEW YORK: Prosecutors opening Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault retrial described Wednesday (Apr 23) how he ignored his victims' pleas to stop and abused his position to make them "feel small". The trial, which began with jury selection last week,

Prosecutors opening Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault retrial described Wednesday how he ignored his victims' pleas to stop and abused his position to make them "feel small." The trial, which began with jury selection last week, will force survivors who helped spark the "MeToo" movement to testify…

NEW YORK (AP) — Five years after Harvey Weinstein ’s original #MeToo trial delivered a searing reckoning for one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures, the ex-studio boss is on trial again after an appeals court threw out the landmark rape conviction. Opening statements are set for Wednesday in a trial that could take six weeks. […]

Five years after Harvey Weinstein’s original #MeToo trial delivered a searing reckoning for one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures, the ex-studio boss is on trial again after an appeals court threw out his landmark rape conviction.

Assistant District Attorney Shannon Lucey recounts Weinstein's alleged attacks in graphic detail, saying all three women had begged him to stop.

Prosecutors outlined the charges against Harvey Weinstein — included a new one he was indicted on last year — as his rape retrial began in New York.

Harvey Weinstein's New York retrial began Wednesday morning in Manhattan criminal court.