Harvey Weinstein won't be retried on LA rape, sexual assault charges: prosecutor

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The Los Angeles prosecution in Harvey Weinstein's latest rape trial has decided not to retry charges against the film producer.

Deputy District Attorney Paul Thompson announced the decision to Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench at a hearing in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday.The judge originally dismissed the rape and sexual assault charges involving two women that left a jury deadlocked in December.

The jury did, however, convict Weinstein, 70, on rape and sexual assault of an Italian model and actor at the time. Sixteen years were added to the 23-year prison sentence he was already serving for similar charges in New York.

Jurors could not reach unanimous verdicts on charges involving two accusers, a rape count and a sexual assault count involving Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California Gov.

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