New Delhi, June 25 -- New York prosecutors said on Thursday (June 25) they will no longer pursue a rape charge against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, ending efforts to try him a fourth time in a landmark #MeToo-era case.

The decision brings closure to the final unresolved charge in New York after years of legal battles, retrials and deadlocked juries.

The charge stemmed from allegations by hairstylist and actor Jessica Mann, who accused Weinstein of raping her in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013.

Weinstein was convicted on the charge in 2020, but that conviction was later overturned by an appeals court on procedural grounds unrelated to Mann's testimony.

Subsequent retrials failed to produce a verdict, with juries deadlocki...