Harvey Weinstein gets 15 years in jail for 2006 New York sex crime

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Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison in New York for a 2006 felony sex crime involving a TV production assistant. This comes after a lengthy legal process, including a retrial that reaffirmed his guilt.

Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for a felony sex crime in another #MeToo reckoning. 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. A jury found Weinstein guilty again at a retrial last year. Once among the most powerful figures in the entertainment industry, Weinstein was an Oscar-winning producer...