A Los Angeles judge has sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison after a jury convicted him of the 2013 rape and sexual assault of an Italian actor and model.
A Los Angeles judge on Thursday, local time, has sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison after a jury convicted him of the 2013 rape and sexual assault of an Italian actor and model.Harvey Weinstein was convicted in December of raping the woman, known only as Jane Doe 1The former producer was spared an even longer sentence when he was acquitted of a separate, sexual battery charge
The sentence comes on top of the more than 20 years' sentence the 70-year-old Weinstein has left to serve for a similar 2020 conviction in New York, furthering the fall of the one-time movie magnate who became a #MeToo magnet. Weinstein directly appealed to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa B Lench, saying: "I maintain that I'm innocent. I never raped or sexually assaulted Jane Doe 1."Moments earlier she had told the judge about the pain she felt after being attacked by Weinstein.
"Before that night I was a very happy and confident woman. I valued myself and the relationship I had with God," the woman, who was identified in court only as Jane Doe 1, said."There is no prison sentence long enough to undo the damage."Judge Lench handed down the sentence on Thursday after rejecting a motion by Weinstein's lawyers for a new trial.
Jurors in December convicted Weinstein of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault against the woman who — at the trial's opening in October — gave a dramatic and emotional account of him arriving uninvited at her hotel room, talking his way in and assaulting her during a film festival.
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