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Harvey Weinstein was originally sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexual assault in New York in 2020. This conviction was overturned in 2024 due to procedural errors. In the new trial he was found guilty again. In addition, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison in Los Angeles in 2022.
Former US film producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced again to 15 years in prison for a sex crime. This was announced by the public prosecutor in New York. The verdict fell short of the prosecutor's demand for 20 years in prison.
Weinstein, 74, was found guilty again last year of sexually assaulting his former television production assistant in his Manhattan apartment in 2006. He is already in prison.
Already convicted in Los Angeles
Weinstein was originally sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York in 2020 for assaulting his assistant and raping an aspiring actress. However, the guilty verdict was surprisingly overturned in 2024 due to procedural errors. In the new trial, Weinstein was found guilty again in the case of his assistant.
In 2022, Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison in a separate criminal case in Los Angeles. Weinstein also appealed this ruling. However, in June an appeals court declined to overturn the earlier guilty verdict. During the trial, Weinstein was found guilty of, among other things, rape.
Weinstein always denied allegations
Weinstein had always rejected all allegations in court.
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A New York court announces the sentence against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein for sexually assaulting a production assistant. The prosecution is demanding 20 years in prison, while Weinstein denies the allegations. In June 2023 he was found guilty of assaulting Miriam Haley. He had already been sentenced to 23 years in prison in 2020, but the verdict was overturned due to procedural errors and a new trial was ordered. Weinstein has been in custody since 2020. The 2017 revelations sparked the MeToo movement.