Opening statements set for Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial

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NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements are set for Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein ‘s third trial on a New York rape charge. Four days of jury selection wrapped up Friday in the case against the former Hollywood powerbroker turned #MeToo pariah. A jury of seven men and five women will be tasked with deciding whether he raped a woman in a Manhattan hotel in 2013. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty. The trial is expected to take up to four weeks. At 73, the Oscar-winning former movie producer has spent much