Kate Beckinsale has opened up about an encounter she once had with convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein in 2001.
25.02.2020 - 05:36 / torontosun.com
NEW YORK — Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexual assault and rape in a New York court on Monday and taken off to jail in handcuffs, a victory for the #MeToo movement that inspired women to publicly accuse powerful men of misconduct.
Once one of Hollywood’s most influential producers, Weinstein, 67, was found guilty of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006 and raping Jessica Mann, a onetime aspiring actress, in 2013.
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Kate Beckinsale has opened up about an encounter she once had with convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein in 2001.
Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault.
Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for rape and sexual assault.
NEW YORK – Harvey Weinstein, 67, was sentenced in New York City on Wednesday to 23 years in prison for third-degree rape and a criminal sex act as he maintained he simply had consensual "extramarital affairs" with the victims.
Harvey Weinstein has been jailed for 23 years after he was found guilty of sexual offences.
NEW YORK – Harvey Weinstein, 67, was sentenced in New York City on Wednesday to 23 years in prison for third-degree rape and a criminal sex act as he maintained he simply had consensual "extramarital affairs" with the victims. Weinstein was convicted on two counts last month: criminal sex act for the 2006 assault of a production assistant and rape in the third degree for the 2013 attack on another woman.
Harvey Weinstein wrote "Jen Aniston should be killed" in an email to his representative after he believed the actress had accused him of groping her, which was untrue, The New York Times reported. The email is part of newly surfaced court documents that include correspondences Weinstein made after he was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women in October 2017.
Harvey Weinstein, the titan of Hollywood turned convicted rapist, will learn his fate on Wednesday morning when he is sentenced at the New York supreme court to a spell in prison that could range from five to 29 years.
By Dominic Patten
Harvey Weinstein is sitting under guard in a cinderblock room at a New York City hospital days after his conviction for sexual assault and rape, and at times “can go stir crazy just staring at the emptiness,” according to a spokesman.
NEW YORK — Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was receiving medical attention at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan on Tuesday, his spokesman said, a day after a New York jury convicted him of sexual assault and rape in a stunning victory for the #MeToo movement.
Now that Harvey Weinstein is officially a convicted rapist that will spend time behind bars, the disgraced movie mogul's legal strife is far from over. After a jury of seven men and five women handed down the verdict on Monday after five days of deliberating, Weinstein remained at a New York City hospital on Tuesday, his new life as an inmate interrupted by concerns about high blood pressure and heart palpitations.
The Silence Breakers, a group of woman who banded together to report the sexual misconduct of Harvey Weinstein, are celebrating the conviction of the disgraced Hollywood mogul.