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A jury found Harvey Weinstein guilty of one count in his  as they returned a partial verdict after days of deliberations. 

Weinstein, 73, faced three charges. He was accused of third-degree rape, and two counts of first-degree criminal sexual assault.

The jury told the judge they found Weinstein guilty of criminal sexual assault against . 

The jury found Weinstein not guilty of criminal sexual assault regarding accuser . 

The jury told the judge they have not reached a verdict on the charge of third degree rape involving Jessica Mann. The judge sent the jury home for the day, and told them they would continue to deliberate on that count Thursday.

The jury is made up of seven women and five men. They started deliberating on June 5. The verdict came after days of apparently tense deliberations, with jurors sending notes to the judge asking to speak with him privately. Weinstein's defense attorneys has repeatedly asked for a mistrial.

Wednesday, the jury foreperson asked to speak to the judge in private, saying there was infighting going on between the jurors over the rape count, with one allegedly telling another they'd meet them outside one day as an apparent threat.

, the foreperson said, "Somebody talk to me, 'Oh, we will see you outside,' because I got my decision. I say, 'No, that's my personal decision. You don't have to change me.'"

That prompted the defense attorney to call for a mistrial and suggest the juror file a complaint with police.

Despite all the fighting between attorneys, Weinstein himself then said, "This isn't fair. This isn't right. I'm the one on trial. This is my life that's on the line, I am not getting a fair trial. You are endangering me."

Weinstein's defense attorney Arthur Aidala told the judge he was disgusted by what was happening. The judge told Aidala the tension in the jury room appears to be schoolyard antics.

The juror foreperson told the judge he does feel safe returning to court Thursday, but instead of going to the jury room, he will meet with a court officer and have court-appointed security.

Because the jury is still deliberating on the remaining count, neither the prosecutors nor defense attorneys could comment about the outcome to the press. Weinstein's publicist, however, said the split verdict is still a win.

"So today we consider this a victory, a win for us, because he beat the toughest charge, which was Kaja Sokola, which is the new charge, which meant that the clock would've had to start ticking again," publicist Juda Engelmayer said, "whereas on the other two, he's already served time for them. So whatever time he might get on this, he's already served five-and-a-half, six years."

But the lawyer for Sokola said this is a victory for all women who testified and survivors everywhere Even though Weinstein was not found guilty on her count, the lawyer said Sokola's truth was heard, and her testimony helped bring down a man who believed he was untouchable.

"I'm very happy he's convicted. That's all that matters," Sokola said.

"I knew how hard it is to prove reasonable doubt for a crime that happened almost 20 years ago. I made sure Kaja knew it, too, and she still stood in her truth, and history is going to remember her for that," attorney Lindsay Goldbrum said.

"I truly hope from the bottom of my heart that standing right here now will give courage to others to speak up, to don't suffer in silence. Because suffering and living with a trauma like this without sharing with other people is like cancer, it can eat you alive," Sokola said.

Gloria Allred, Haley's attorney, called her client "the real hero of this case ... because he was convicted not once but twice based on her testimony."

"The defense set a very disruptive and chaotic tone from the very beginning of this trial, which I suppose was meant to distract jury from undeniable facts. And I'm so grateful that they saw through the nonsense and the antics," Haley said.

In a statement, Haley said the verdict gives her hope.

"Hope that there is a new awareness around sexual violence, and that the myth of the 'perfect victim' is fading. I hope this result empowers others to speak out and seek justice," she wrote, in part.

Mann released a statement.

"I would never lie about rape or use something so traumatic to hurt someone," Mann said in her statement. "Coming forward cost me everything. My privacy, my safety. I laid bare my trauma, my shame – everything I'd tried to bury just to keep living. Still, I stood up and told the truth. Again and again." 

"This is really rare," said Rich Schoenstein, vice chair of litigation practice at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin. "We're well into deliberations, and the jury essentially said we've agreed on two of the three counts. On one of the counts, we find him guilty. On another of the counts, we find him not guilty. And on the third count we haven't been able to reach a decision. And remember, each count is basically a different victim ... this is just a different decision with respect to each of three women." 

The trial involved accusations from three women: , Mann and .

Haley and Sokola both testified Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on each of them on separate occasions – and .

Mann testified Weinstein raped her at a New York hotel in 2013.

All three accusers took the stand during the trial, along with Sokola's former roommate and an ex-aide who worked for Weinstein's film production company. Weinstein himself , his attorney said.

Haley and Mann's accusations were . Sokola came forward with her accusations as that trial was ongoing, and the related charges .

These charges date back to October 2017 , .

He surrendered to police in Lower Manhattan months later, in May 2018, and , some of which .

As , he .

On Feb. 24, 2020, after five days of deliberations, . He was acquitted of three other counts, including predatory sexual assault. The following month, .

In December 2022, of three counts of sexual assault, including rape. Two months later, .

Weinstein's 2020 conviction  because the judge in the original trial .

The retrial , with Weinstein . The trial lasted just over five weeks, with . Jury deliberations .