Prosecutors will begin to make their case against disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein to a majority-women jury on rape and sex assault charges Wednesday as opening statements begin in his retrial.

Weinstein's retrial began last week, forcing survivors who helped spark the "#MeToo" movement against sexual violence to prepare to testify against him once more.

His 2020 conviction was overturned last year by the New York Court of Appeals, which ruled that the way witnesses were handled in the original New York trial was unlawful.

Judge Curtis Farber said he expected presentation of evidence to last five to six weeks.

"I am hopeful the trial will be over by the end of May," he said.

Jury selection took just over a week and was concluded after many........

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