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| Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexually assaulting two women, close to the maximum sentence he faced in the landmark case. | Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexually assaulting two women, close to the maximum sentence he faced in the landmark case. |
| Judge James Burke handed down the harsh sentence to the 68-year-old former Miramax producer on Wednesday, siding with prosecutors’ call for a stiff punishment for the erstwhile Hollywood titan. While scores of women have accused Weinstein of sex crimes, he was convicted last month specifically of third degree rape and first degree sexual assault charges against former production assistant Mimi Haleyi and aspiring actress Jessica Mann. Both were in court to watch the sentencing. | |
| Weinstein’s defense had sought leniency, begging the judge to apply the minimum sentence of five years given the producer’s age and insisting he was in poor health. He arrived in court in a wheelchair on Wednesday after using a walker throughout trial proceedings. Since his conviction, Weinstein has reportedly split his time between the Rikers Island jail infirmary and a hospital, where he had stent surgery last week. | |
| The once-mighty figure, who became the main villain of the #MeToo movement after first a trickle and then a flood of women went public with their accusations in 2017, is still facing multiple counts of sexual assault in Los Angeles. | |
| While Weinstein escaped the maximum sentence of 29 years and was not found guilty of the two most serious charges against him, even the lesser sentence raises the possibility he will spend the rest of his life behind bars, especially if he is found guilty of any of the four counts of sexual assault he is facing in Los Angeles. Those charges were announced the same day as his trial began in New York and are the first filed by a task force LA County formed specifically to investigate the #MeToo-related allegations that have rocked the entertainment industry. | |
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