Harvey Weinstein sentenced to another 16 years in prison
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Thursday by the Los Angeles County (USA) Superior Court to another 16 years in prison for the rape and sexual abuse of an Italian actress and model in February 2013 in a Beverly Hills hotel room, CNN reports. SOURCE: EUROPA PRESS
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to another 16 years in prison
This sentence is in addition to the additional 23 years in prison that a New York jury sentenced him to in December 2020, two years after the allegations against him surfaced, for one count of third-degree rape committed on Jessica Mann, and a first-degree sex offense on production assistant Mimi Haley.
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to another 16 years in prison
However, the jury acquitted the disgraced movie mogul of the most serious charges, rape in the first degree and, especially, of the predatory sexual conduct charge that could have carried a life sentence.
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to another 16 years in prison
Thursday’s sentencing is the second for Weinstein on sexual assault charges since a 2017 report by The New York Times and The New Yorker revealed his alleged history of sexual abuse, harassment and secret deals using his influence as a Hollywood mogul to prey on young women.
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to another 16 years in prison
More than 100 women have accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct since the #MeToo movement, when countless actresses, models and women in the film industry denounced the producer.
