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Harvey Weinstein will be retried. Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein will be retried in New York, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said on May 1, a week after the state’s highest court threw out his 2020 rape conviction. Mr. Weinstein appeared in court more than four years after his conviction was hailed as a milestone for the #MeToo movement, in which women accused hundreds of men in entertainment, media, politics, and other fields of sexual misconduct. Mr. Weinstein had been serving a 23-year sentence in a New York prison. He remains in custody due to a Los Angeles conviction of another rape.

It took a vigorous movement called #MeToo to counter long-standing sexual misconduct and abuse in American life. While two high-profile convictions have been overturned, experts say progress continues.