Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years in prison after being found guilty of rape
Harvey Weinstein was convicted of three counts of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles on Thursday, February 23, nearly two months after his trial ended. According to Variety, the disgraced 70-year-old film producer will serve an additional 16 years in prison for the charges. Weinstein is already serving a 23-year sentence after a New York jury found him guilty of one count of first-degree felony sexual assault and one count of third-degree rape in 2020. The latter sentence means he will likely be behind bars for the rest of his life.
Per Variety, the three counts Weinstein was found guilty of were based on counts related to Jane Doe #1, a European model who testified that she was raped by the producer of film at Mr. C Hotel after the 2013 Los Angeles Italia Film Festival. Although Weinstein's team filed a motion in January to seek a new trial with a new jury, a judge denied it on Thursday, just before sentencing. By contrast, the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, has agreed to hear Weinstein's appeal in the New York case, which could overturn his 2020 sex crimes conviction. .
On December 19, 2022, Weinstein was found guilty of raping Jane Doe #1, per Variety. In a statement obtained by the publication, Jane Doe #1 thanked the prosecution for "believing in me and fighting so hard for all of the victims, including me, during the trial."
“Harvey Weinstein destroyed a part of me forever that night in 2013 and I will never get it back,” she said. "The criminal trial was brutal and Weinstein's lawyers gave me hell on the witness stand, but I knew I had to go through with it, and I did...I hope that Weinstein will never see the outside of a prison cell during his lifetime."
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Harvey Weinstein was convicted of three counts of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles on Thursday, February 23, nearly two months after his trial ended. According to Variety, the disgraced 70-year-old film producer will serve an additional 16 years in prison for the charges. Weinstein is already serving a 23-year sentence after a New York jury found him guilty of one count of first-degree felony sexual assault and one count of third-degree rape in 2020. The latter sentence means he will likely be behind bars for the rest of his life.
Per Variety, the three counts Weinstein was found guilty of were based on counts related to Jane Doe #1, a European model who testified that she was raped by the producer of film at Mr. C Hotel after the 2013 Los Angeles Italia Film Festival. Although Weinstein's team filed a motion in January to seek a new trial with a new jury, a judge denied it on Thursday, just before sentencing. By contrast, the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, has agreed to hear Weinstein's appeal in the New York case, which could overturn his 2020 sex crimes conviction. .
On December 19, 2022, Weinstein was found guilty of raping Jane Doe #1, per Variety. In a statement obtained by the publication, Jane Doe #1 thanked the prosecution for "believing in me and fighting so hard for all of the victims, including me, during the trial."
“Harvey Weinstein destroyed a part of me forever that night in 2013 and I will never get it back,” she said. "The criminal trial was brutal and Weinstein's lawyers gave me hell on the witness stand, but I knew I had to go through with it, and I did...I hope that Weinstein will never see the outside of a prison cell during his lifetime."
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