Manhattan prosecutors have once again declined to bring charges against Harvey Weinstein for the alleged rape of actress Paz de la Huerta, sources told The Post on Thursday.
The “Boardwalk Empire” star and her lawyer, Mark Heller, showed up at the DA’s office unannounced Monday demanding justice. The actress has accused Weinstein of rape and is suing him in California for $60 million.
The lead Manhattan prosecutor on the Weinstein case, Joan Illuzzi-Orbon, briefly met with de la Huerta and Heller and told them to return Thursday for a lengthy interview.
During Monday’s meeting, “De la Huerta’s behavior was bizarre, and she was making strange comments,” according to a source.
On Wednesday, Illuzzi-Orbon e-mailed Heller to scrap the second interview.
“After reflection, they determined that they did not want to pursue any of the charges that Paz had initiated and they weren’t intending to use her as a witness in any of the forthcoming cases,” Heller said.
Prosecutors already investigated de la Huerta’s allegations that Weinstein raped her twice inside her Tribeca apartment on separate dates in December 2010 — subpoenaing her psychiatric records and flying an investigator to Paris, France, to interview her. They declined to bring charges.
“As we have maintained, Ms. de la Huerta’s narrative has been considered and, once again, rejected by the New York DA,” said Weinstein’s criminal lawyer, Donna Rotunno. “There is nothing more to talk about.”
The surprise Monday visit came one day after the premiere of a documentary on Weinstein, “Untouchable,” which prominently features the actress.
“We’re here for justice for Paz de la Huerta,” Heller told TMZ in an interview outside the courthouse.
The reporter asked de la Huerta how she was doing. She replied, “I’m completely sane.”
Last May, the actress was hospitalized after she allegedly locked herself in a room and an associate called 911 to report that she was possibly “suicidal.”
Her longtime Los Angeles-based lawyer, Aaron Filler, didn’t immediately return a request for comment. The DA’s office declined to comment.
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