NEW YORK (AP) — The foreperson of the jury deliberating in Harvey Weinstein ’s #MeToo retrial told the judge Monday that some jurors are ganging up and “pushing people to change their minds” based on information that wasn’t presented in court.

“They fight together and I don’t like it,” the foreperson said in a closed-door conversation with Judge Curtis Farber and the prosecution and defense teams. The foreperson indicated to them that he’s made a decision, “and I don’t want to change my mind.”

Weinstein’s lawyer Arthur Aidala implored Farber to declare a mistrial, calling it a “tainted jury” and a “runaway jury.”

“People are considering things that were not brought into this trial as evidence,” Aidala argued. Jurors, he said, “are pushing people to change their minds. It’s not fair.

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