United Kingdom, June 13 -- The judge overseeing Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes case in New York has declared a mistrial on one charge of rape.

The jury delivered verdicts on two other charges on Wednesday (11.06.25) with the former movie mogul - who denied all the accusations against him -being found guilty of one count of sexual assault and not guilty on another count of the same charge before they were then expected to resumed deliberations on the remaining charge of third-degree rape, but the jury foreman refused to re-join the deliberations .

The foreman previously complained to Judge Curtis Farber about rising tensions among the jury with the judge telling the court on Wednesday there had been accusations of "yelling and screaming" ...