Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006.
\n\nAfter an overturned conviction and two subsequent mistrials, the sentencing marks a major endpoint in the New York chapter of the nine-year courtroom saga that ignited the global #MeToo movement. Barring another successful appeal, Weinstein will remain behind bars under his new New York sentence.
\n\nNext, Weinstein will face resentencing in California for raping and sexually assaulting Italian model and actor Evgeniya Chernyshova at a Los Angeles hotel in 2013. Judge Curtis Farber says it’s up to California to determine whether the sentences will run concurrently or consecutively. No date has been set.Weinstein took the opportunity in court to air his grievances about the “torturous” living conditions he’s been enduring as a prisoner on Rikers Island, where he believes he’s “being denied basic human rights” and treated “worse” than an animal. Weinstein said he wants to use his remaining time to advocate for incarcerated individuals and “help prisoners transfer back to their everyday lives.”“I am not a perfect person, but I am a person who has made mistakes,” Weinstein said. “Reflecting on all of that has happened since 2017 has…
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