Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 15 years in prison for 2006 sex crime in New York
The judge added five years of supervised release after a jury again convicted the former film mogul of sexually assaulting Miriam Haley.
- On Wednesday, Judge Curtis Farber sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting former Project Runway production assistant Miriam Haley in New York City.
- Weinstein's legal troubles began after The New York Times and The New Yorker published exposés in 2017, sparking the #MeToo movement against powerful figures in Hollywood.
- In a victim impact statement, Haley said Weinstein "abused his position and power," while Weinstein addressed the court, denying allegations and apologizing to "anyone I may have hurt by my actions."
- Farber ordered that Weinstein's 15-year sentence be followed by five years of supervised release and sex offender registration; he remains held at Bellevue Hospital until transfer to state prison.
- Pending resentencing in Los Angeles awaits Weinstein following a 2022 conviction for rape and sexual assault, as his health has declined significantly in recent years due to multiple medical conditions.
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Harvey Weinstein was once a powerful media module, then accusations of dozens of women for sexual crimes came to light. Now another verdict has been made.
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in sexual assault retrial
Former Hollywood giant Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting his former assistant, Miriam Haley, more than six years after the disgraced producer was first convicted. Weinstein, 74, was sentenced Wednesday in New York for forcibly performing oral sex on Haley at his apartment in 2006. A jury convicted Weinstein of the charge during a retrial last year after the state’s highest court overturned his original …
After the annulment of a previous sentence and two subsequent unsuccessful trials, the sentence marks an important point of arrival in the New York chapter of the nine-year judicial saga that started the global movement #MeToo
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison. This is the third prison sentence for the former Hollywood producer.Today, a New York court found Weinstein guilty of sexually assaulting former assistant Miriam Haley in 2006. Back in 2020, he was...
The tycoon has been convicted on Wednesday, September 23 for sexually assaulting Miriam Haley, former television production assistant
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