Harvey Weinstein is on trial again after an appeals court threw out the ex-studio-boss's 2020 rape conviction in a case that was a watershed for the #MeToo movement. Opening statements began Wednesday in a retrial that could take six weeks.

Opening statements in Harvey Weinstein ’s #MeToo rape retrial began Wednesday with a prosecutor telling jurors about three allegations at issue in the case.

Weinstein’s conviction for sexual assault and rape in 2020 came amid a global reckoning that was hailed as a breakthrough for women’s rights. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison. Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan district attorney at the time, said the verdict “turned the page in our justice system”.