By Dominic Patten, Jill Goldsmith
11.03.2020 - 20:07 / pinkvilla.com
The well-known media mogul Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in jail. The disgraced media head was facing charges of rape of an aspiring actress named Jessica Mann in the year 2013 and sexual abuse of production assistant named Miriam Haley in the year 2006.
The lawyers of Harvey Weinstein have appealed in court that a five-year jail term will also prove to be a life sentence for the disgraced media mogul. Previously, the media outlets reported how Harvey Weinstein has been found
.By Dominic Patten, Jill Goldsmith
Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault.
By Jill Goldsmith
Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for rape and sexual assault.
Update 3/11/20: Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday, following his conviction for first-degree criminal sexual acts and third-degree rape. Judge James Burke issued the sentence after hearing from Weinstein's victims, per USA Today.
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, 67, has been sentenced to 23 years in prison after being found guilty of rape in the third degree and of criminal sexual assault in the first degree.
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 found himself landing in a soup when about 80 women hurled allegations of sexual molestation against him. It gave rise to the #MeToo Movement in Hollywood with cases against many influential and powerful men coming up. In 2017, Harvey was made to step down from his company. In February 2020, he was found guilty of two out of the five felonies. The movie mogul is now a convicted rapist, sentenced 25 years of imprisonment.
Harvey Weinstein’s record of sexual attacks and harassment against women dates back to the 1970s in a “lifetime of abuse” in which he “trapped women into his exclusive control and assaulted or attempted to assault them”, according to New York prosecutors.
After undergoing heart surgery, Harvey Weinstein has been moved to Prison in New York City. Last month, after a lengthy trial, the disgraced Hollywood producer was found guilty of rape and sexual assault.
Dawn Dunning is a former actress and one of six women who testified that Harvey Weinstein raped or sexually assaulted them. She took the stand on January 29 to describe, in harrowing detail, how the once mighty Hollywood mogul attacked her in a hotel room fifteen years ago.
Former Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty on Monday of two of the five charges relating to sexual assaults after a five-day jury deliberation in Manhattan, New York City.
Former Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty on Monday of two of the five charges relating to sexual assaults after a five-day jury deliberation in Manhattan, New York City. Weinstein, 67, was found guilty of committing a criminal sex act for assaulting a production assistant in his apartment in 2006 and was also found guilty of the third-degree rape of another woman in 2013.
Celebrities far and wide are taking to social media to comment on the guilty verdict handed down in Harvey Weinstein’s New York City trial on Monday.
Jury deliberations began last week in the rape trial of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who faces life in prison if he's convicted of the most serious charges against him.