Harvey Weinstein in plea deal talks to avoid third NYC sex assault trial

A deathly pale Harvey Weinstein on Thursday was rolled into Manhattan court — where talks were unfolding about a plea deal that would allow him to avoid a third sex crimes trial.

The 73-year-old disgraced Hollywood producer was brought into the courtroom in a wheelchair for a hearing on whether he will face trial for a third time on charges of raping an aspiring actress inside a Midtown hotel.

Judge Curtis Farber set a March 3 trial date — but then suggested that Weinstein lawyer Arthur Aidala huddle with prosecutors about a possible plea deal.

Aidala had griped about Weinstein, who has various serious health ailments, languishing in lockup at notorious Rikers Island.

“He’s in the worst place you can basically be,” Aidala told the court. “I need to get him out of there as soon as possible.”

After briefly leaving the courtroom to speak in a side room with Weinstein, Aidala announced that the ex-Miramax mogul and convicted sex pest was open to plea talks.

“Your honor, I did have the chance to speak with Mr. Weinstein, and I would like to pursue plea negotiations,” Aidala said.

At a third trial, Jessica Mann would be set to testify again about the once-powerful studio boss allegedly raping her in 2013 at the DoubleTree hotel.

Mann sobbed on the stand at the June retrial while describing Weinstein as turning into a “monster” after she told him that she did not want to have sex.

“The monster side would come out,” she testified.

Weinstein was convicted of raping Mann at his first trial, in 2020, and of forcing oral sex on former Project Runway production Mimi Haley. But the verdict was overturned in a bombshell ruling from New York’s highest appeals court.

At the retrial, Weinstein was convicted again on the Haley charge – which carries a sentence of up to 25 years in prison  – but the jury could not agree on the Mann rap.