Harvey Weinstein rape accuser Jessica Mann looks somber while leaving New York court where she came face-to-face with disgraced media mogul ahead of his shock retrial - four years after describing his 'deformed' body in explosive testimony against him

Harvey Weinstein accuser Jessica Mann put on a very somber display as she left the New York courtroom where she faced up to the media mogul for the first time in four years - after his rape conviction against her was overturned by the Court of Appeals. 

Weinstein, 72, has been serving 23 years in a New York jail for two alleged sex attacks against aspiring actress Mann and production assistant Mimi Haley, however that prison sentence was sensationally overturned last month, with a judge ordering the disgraced movie producer be given a retrial. 

But while the media mogul is now gearing up for a second day in court, he won't be freed from prison, having also been handed a further 16-year sentence in Los Angeles in 2022 - a decision that his legal team in California is also now appealing. 

Mann, 34, was a key accuser against Weinstein in the 2020 trial where he was convicted for third-degree rape, having given sensational testimony against him in which she described his body as 'deformed' with 'extreme scarring' and said he had no testicles. 

Key Harvey Weinstein accuser Jessica Mann looked somber yet determined while leaving the courthouse on Wednesday

Mann, 34, was a key accuser against Weinstein in the 2020 trial where he was convicted for third-degree rape

DailyMail.com took exclusive photos of Weinstein entering the Manhattan court on Wednesday in a wheelchair, with handcuffs on his wrists 

She appeared to be the only accuser in court during his appeal hearing.

In a sign of how significant the case is, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg walked into court on Wednesday and sat in the second row of the public gallery.

Mann was sitting on the same row as Bragg.

Prosecutor Nicole Blumberg told the court that they were asking for Weinstein to be remanded in custody.

They called it a 'strong case in 2020 when the defendant was tried and convicted' and it 'remains a strong case in 2024.'

The court heard that the appeal ruling was 'non equivocal on the issue of consent' and there was 'nothing consensual about the conduct complainants described.'

Prosecutors told the court: 'We believe in this case and will be trying this case.

'Jessica Mann is here in court. She's here to show she's not backing down and is committed to seeing justice is served again.

'The defendant may have power and privilege but she has the truth. We have every belief the defendant will be convicted again after trial.'

In the 2020 trial, Mann gave a vivid description of her relationship with Weinstein, which began after meeting him at a party in late 2012 or early 2013

Mann (pictured) appeared to be the only accuser in court during his appeal

It appears that Mann was accompanied out of the court by two women  

Her appearance in court comes four years after her explosive testimony against Weinstein, in which she described his body as 'deformed' with 'extreme scarring' 

A new trial was ordered after it was determined Justice James M. Burke, who presided over Weinstein's New York City case in 2020, made a 'crucial' mistake during the initial trial. 

The appeals court in New York overruled the conviction after four other women were allowed to testify about Weinstein's previous behavior, even though their claims were not part of the prosecution.

The ruling last week concluded that a trial judge permitted jurors to see and hear too much evidence not directly related to the charges he faced. 

The appeals court cited this as the main reason Weinstein's conviction had been overturned.

The next court date will be May 29, with Weinstein remaining in custody. A tentative trial date was set for after Labor Day, meaning that it could be in September.

In the 2020 trial, Mann gave a vivid description of her relationship with Weinstein, which began after meeting him at a party in late 2012 or early 2013.

She told the court she first met Weinstein at a party during that time after she moved from Washington state to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, but said she didn't know who he was when he introduced himself. 

Weinstein, 72, has been serving 23 years in a New York jail for the two sex attacks against aspiring actress Mann and production assistant Mimi Haley

The new trial was ordered after it was determined Justice James M. Burke, who presided over Weinstein's New York City case in 2020, made a 'crucial' mistake during the initial trial

When he pulled her aside later, he told her he was interested in her as an actress, but not her Brazilian roommate, Talita Maia, who she came to the party with. Mann said she felt 'guilty,' but gave Weinstein her number. 

Mann testified that he raped her twice - in New York and Los Angeles - during an 'extremely degrading' relationship with the producer that lasted for years.

During her testimony, she also admitted that she was 'manipulative' towards Weinstein, and when asked why she didn't break off contact with the producer at the first sign of trouble, she said she didn't want to offend him because 'his ego was so fragile.'

She described him as 'physically deformed or intersex' and may have been a burn victim due to 'extreme scarring' on his stomach. 

Mann said after she met Weinstein, he started offering her invitations to events and, on one occasion, asked her and her roommate to his hotel suite to give them the vampire script he had been talking about - even though it had already been cast.

She said Weinstein started undressing before going into the bedroom and calling her name. When she went to the bedroom, she said he grabbed her arm, closed the door and started 'trying to kiss me like crazy.'

Mann told jurors that Weinstein then performed oral sex on her. She said she feigned orgasm to get herself out of the encounter.

Weinstein was convicted in 2020 of raping Mann (pictured at court in 2020 after his conviction)

Mann, one of two key accusers in Weinstein's case, testified that he raped her one morning in March 2013 in a New York hotel room. She is pictured left in court and right in a 2013 film

He was also convicted of sexually assaulting production assistant Mimi Haley, seen walking into his sentencing in New York in 2020

'I sort of locked up and got really quiet. I was worried about my friend out there by herself. I faked an orgasm to get out of it. He asked me how it was, if I liked it. I was nervous, so I told him it was the best I ever had,' she testified.

Mann said she then started having a twisted relationship with the mogul in which they had multiple consensual sexual encounters, including a failed threesome.

'I was confused after what happened and I made a decision to be in a relationship with him,' she said. Mann said that while she wasn't sexually attracted to Weinstein, she felt compassion for him and wanted his approval.

The failed threesome occurred in February 2013 when Weinstein allegedly had Mann meet him and actress Emanuela Postacchini at a Los Angeles hotel and he tried to persuade the women to have sex with him.

Postacchini, who was called as a prosecution witness, told jurors that Mann went into the bathroom and was 'crying in the fetal position on the ground.'

Mann also alleged Weinstein raped her at the Doubletree hotel in Manhattan in March 2013, after injecting his penis with an erection-inducing drug.

She accused Weinstein of raping her again eight months later when she was working as a hairdresser at a Los Angeles hotel after she told him she was dating an actor. 

Weinstein became the face of the #MeToo movement after dozens of women came forward alleging sexual abuse. The ruling on Thursday was described as 'a major step back' by his accusers.