Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein beg for lenient sentence, citing disgraced movie mogul's charitable work, health issues

Harvey Weinstein had it all.

Harvey Weinstein is reportedly being sued for sexual assault and battery by an unnamed woman who claims he used his position of power in Hollywood to coerce her into having sex with him. TMZ reports that a lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles in which an anonymous woman is joining the myriad of others who claim that the now-convicted rapist dangled a role in front of her and threatened to end her career if she did not give him what he wanted.

Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein receiving a 23-year jail sentence was the fairy tale Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ending that I was hoping for. Weinstein’s incarceration proves justice can be grossly delayed, but eventually delivered.

Hours after he was sentenced to 23 years following his conviction for multiple instances of sexual assault, Harvey Weinstein is now facing more issues related to his continuously declining health. According to recent reports, he returned to Bellevue Hospital in New York after complaining of chest pains.

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years behind bars on March 11. However, the disgraced producer did not spend much time in the prison before he was rushed to the hospital.

The disgraced movie mogul was sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York City on Wednesday after he was found guilty of third-degree rape and a criminal sex act -- all of which he claimed resulted from extramarital affairs. The 67-year-old disgraced producer is the father of five children.

The disgraced movie mogul was sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York City on Wednesday after he was found guilty of third-degree rape and a criminal sex act -- all of which he claimed resulted from extramarital affairs. The 67-year-old disgraced producer is the father of five children.

Harvey Weinstein's legal troubles are far from over. The disgraced movie mogul was sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York City on Wednesday after he was found guilty of third-degree rape and a criminal sex act -- all of which he claimed resulted from extramarital affairs.

Earlier today, Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years behind bars, but the fallen movie mogul only spent a short amount of time in prison, before being taken to the hospital, Variety has learned.

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault on Wednesday in a New York City courtroom.

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault on Wednesday in a New York City courtroom.

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault on Wednesday in a New York City courtroom. The former movie producer had been convicted last month of raping a woman in a New York City hotel room in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on another woman at his apartment in 2006.

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday in the landmark Manhattan rape trial that convicted him of third-degree rape and a criminal sex act.

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday in the landmark Manhattan rape trial that convicted him of third-degree rape and a criminal sex act. Seconds after the verdict was read aloud in a New York City courtroom, celebrities around the world chimed in on social media with overwhelmingly positive reactions to the news the "monster" will be placed behind bars and tipped their hats to the dozens of women who came forward demanding justice.

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. 

Attorneys for convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein begged a New York City judge for leniency citing numerous health ailments that the 67-year-old faces and pointing to past charitable donations he made while he was a powerful media executive in Hollywood.