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Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for felony sex crime
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Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for felony sex crime

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Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting Miriam Haley, following a retrial after his 2020 conviction was overturned by New York's highest court in 2024 due to prejudicial testimony from other women.

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Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction was overturned in 2024 by New York's highest court, which ruled he was prejudiced by testimony from other women not part of the original case, leading to a retrial.

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Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for a felony sex crime in another #MeToo reckoning.

Weinstein’s sentencing for sexually assaulting one-time TV production assistant Miriam Haley followed a legal odyssey spanning more than six years after his 2020 conviction was overturned. A jury found Weinstein guilty again at a retrial last year.

Once among the most powerful figures in the entertainment industry, Weinstein was an Oscar-winning producer whose hits included Shakespeare in Love, Pulp Fiction and Chocolat. But his downfall came quickly after sexual assault allegations in 2017 set off the #MeToo movement.

In 2024, New York’s highest court erased Weinstein’s conviction six years earlier and ordered a new trial, ruling that Weinstein was prejudiced by testimony from other women whose allegations weren’t part of the case.

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This article was originally published by SCMP Economy.

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