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

Prosecutors and defense lawyers delivered their opening statements Wednesday in the sex-crime case of the fallen mogul Harvey Weinstein.

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”.