Tensions flare among jurors in Weinstein sex crimes retrial

NEW YORK: Fresh strains emerged on Monday among jurors in the sex crimes retrial of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, raising the risk of a deadlocked jury and a mistrial.

As court proceedings resumed in the New York courtroom, Judge Curtis Farber read aloud two notes sent to him by the 12-member jury deliberating behind closed doors. In the first note, a juror expressed a desire to talk to Farber “about the situation that isn’t very good.”

In the second, jurors wrote they “request the entire definition of reasonable doubt and rules of the jury especially to avoid a hung jury.”