Once all-powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial is set to begin a year after a New York appeals court overturned his conviction.

For the second time, a New York jury heard from a prosecutor about how once-renowned movie producer Harvey Weinstein used his power and influence to prey on women with industry career aspirations.

"The defendant wanted their bodies, and the more they resisted, the more forceful he got," ADA Shannon Lucey said in her opening statement