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Weinstein Sentenced to 15 Years for Sexual Assault
Confirmed
In Short: Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting Miriam Haley.
Weinstein, 74, was convicted again last year after a retrial following the overturning of his 2020 conviction.
In court, Weinstein apologized to those he may have hurt, saying, 'I am not a perfect person,' but maintained his innocence, telling The Hollywood Reporter in March, 'I will be proven innocent. That I promise you.
Judge Curtis Farber handed down the sentence, noting Weinstein's achievements in the film industry, but emphasized his actions as a 'sexual predator' and the face of the #MeToo movement.
Haley, who testified at two trials, said the assault had a 'devastating effect on my life and sense of security that may never go away.
Weinstein, who is battling cancer and other illnesses, said in court, 'I am treated like an animal, or less' in custody and vowed to focus on advocating for change within the prison system.
Weinstein's original sentence in 2020 was 23 years, but it was overturned and a new trial was ordered.
He still faces another lawsuit in New York and is awaiting re-sentencing in Los Angeles after a judge determined he would need to be resentenced following his prior sentence of 16 years in prison.
Weinstein's downfall came quickly after sexual assault allegations in 2017 set off the #MeToo movement, and he was once among the most powerful figures in the entertainment industry, producing hits like 'Shakespeare in Love,' 'Pulp Fiction,' and 'Chocolat.
What this adds
Weinstein's sentencing follows a legal odyssey spanning more than six years after his 2020 conviction was overturned.
The case involving actress Jessica Mann ended in a mistrial in May after Weinstein had been tried on the case for the third time.
Background
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting Miriam Haley.
Kosovo's former President Hashim Thaci was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
What's confirmed
- A jury found Weinstein guilty again at a retrial last year.
- In 2024, New York's highest court erased Weinstein's conviction six years ago and ordered a new trial, ruling that Weinstein was prejudiced by testimony from other women whose allegations weren't part of the case.
- Weinstein was found guilty again of sexually assaulting Haley at a 2025 retrial that came amid a changing political climate and more skepticism toward the #MeToo movement.
What's still developing
- That decision cleared the way for Weinstein's sentencing.
- Weinstein is in failing health and has been in the hospital six times since 2025, Kaplan said, while dealing with blood cancer, congestive heart failure, and kidney issues.
- Haley said she accepted an invitation to visit Weinstein's Manhattan apartment because it would have been odd to decline since she was scheduled to fly to Los Angeles the next day on his company's dime to attend a film premiere.
- She said she leaped up and rebuffed him, but he grabbed her, forcibly backed her into a bedroom and sexually assaulted her, ignoring her pleas to stop.
- Weinstein's sentencing for sexually assaulting one-time TV production assistant Miriam Haley followed a legal odyssey spanning more than six years after his 2020 conviction was overturned.
- Weinstein, 74, faced up to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting Haley at his Manhattan apartment in 2006.
- He was originally sentenced to 23 years in prison after a jury convicted him of assaulting Haley and raping an aspiring actress, Jessica Mann, in 2013.
- Tried for a second time last year, Weinstein was again convicted of a first-degree criminal sex act for assaulting Haley, who has also gone by the name Mimi Haleyi.
- Haley testified that Weinstein had assaulted her in a bedroom in his Manhattan apartment in 2006, and a jury found him guilty on that charge.
- But in that same trial, the jury found him not guilty of assaulting Sokola.
- He was originally convicted and sentenced in the Miriam Haley case in 2020.
- Weinstein, 74, was initially found guilty in 2020 of sexually assaulting Haley and raping another woman, Jessica Mann, at a New York trial that marked a watershed moment for the #MeToo movement.