Weinstein Chest Pains Halt Early Jury Deliberations

Jurors began deliberating Wednesday in the third New York trial of Harvey Weinstein over an alleged 2013 sexual assault against hairstylist and actress Jessica Mann in a Manhattan hotel room.

The panel, which heard nearly three weeks of testimony after a trial that started in mid-April, was about four hours into discussions when Weinstein, 74, reported chest pains in the courthouse. His lawyers notified Judge Curtis Farber, who ended deliberations early for the day. Prosecutors and defense attorneys had already left the courtroom to avoid drawing attention to Weinstein's absence. The jury had requested to rehear a brief portion of Mann's testimony, in which she described spacing out during cross-examination, along with a prosecution timeline of emails and other evidence. Judge Farber told jurors only that unforeseen circumstances required an early dismissal.

Weinstein faces one count of third-degree rape stemming from the March 18, 2013, incident. Mann, now 40, testified that she met Weinstein earlier that year while pursuing acting opportunities in Hollywood. She described an initial consensual relationship but said that on the day in question, Weinstein took a room at her...