Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein groveled for “mercy” during his sentencing in a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday  — where prosecutors revealed his alleged plot to pay a podcaster $1.75 million to “instill fear” in his victims.

The decrepit 74-year-old ex-Miramax mogul had no visible reaction as Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Curtis Farber slapped him with 15 years behind bars, calling Weinstein a “sexual predator” who took advantage of his “insatiable appetite for sexual dominance.”

“I am not a perfect person. I am a person who has made mistakes,” the disgraced Hollywood honcho claimed, before learning his fate on his 2025 conviction for sexually assaulting former TV production assistant Miriam “Mimi” Haley two decades ago.

Harvey Weinstein appears in court on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Steven Hirsch for NY Post

“I really do have remorse for Miriam Haley,” claimed Weinstein — who was rolled into court in a wheelchair and whom his lawyers called “a very sick man” who has been wasting away on Rikers Island for the last six years.

But Haley teared up as she described what she called a “life sentence” of trauma she’s endured since Weinstein assaulted her in his Manhattan apartment on July 10, 2006.

“It was like a dark and painful secret that ate away at my spirit,” she told the court, thanking the “countless other women speaking out publicly about their experiences” for giving her the courage to speak publicly about her assault.

“It has often felt as though I was the one on trial,” said Haley. “It’s a life sentence for me.”

Mimi Haley and lawyer Gloria Allred speak to the press after Harvey Weinstein’s guilty verdict on one count in his retrial in New York, on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Steven Hirsch for NY Post

Weinstein hired private investigators to track her after she came forward with her allegations, causing her to live with constant paranoia and “questioning every encounter I have,” she added.

Prosecutors alleged during the hearing that they had recordings of Weinstein offering a podcaster $1.75 million in a jailhouse phone call to release videos to help his defense by “contaminating the jury pool and reaching the seated jurors before and after the trials.”

Weinstein engaged in a “scheme to disrupt the trial and instill fear in his victims,” Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg alleged.

Blumberg did not identify the podcaster, but Candace Owens released a podcast series in 2025 called “Harvey Speaks,” which featured videos of Weinstein at the notorious city lockup. She didn’t return requests for comment Wednesday.

Weinstein is pictured during his trial on Thursday, May 7, 2026. Steven Hirsch for NY Post

The fallen film bigwig faced up to 25 years in prison after his jury conviction for first-degree criminal sex act  — and the Manhattan DA’s office had asked for a 20-year sentence for the “significant harms” Weinstein caused.

“I’m not a violent man. I ask for mercy,” he pleaded with the judge.

Former actress Jessica Mann, who testified against Weinstein at three grueling trials, burst into tears in the packed courtroom gallery and hugged Haley after learning of the stiff sentence.

“Mimi, thank you so much. This helps me,” Mann told Haley as the two women embraced.

Weinstein’s long-awaited sentence came nearly six years after he was first tried in 2020 during the height of the #MeToo movement.

At that trial, Weinstein was convicted of sexually assaulting Haley and of third-degree rape for sexually assaulting Mann inside Midtown’s DoubleTree hotel on March 18, 2013.

But New York’s highest appeals court overturned Weinstein’s conviction, and a new trial was ordered.

Prosecutors had Weinstein wheeled back into court for his second trial in 2025 — where a new accuser, Kaja Sokola, alleged that she too had been sexually assaulted by the perpetual perv twice when she was in her teens.

A dysfunctional jury — which had sparred with each other during tense deliberations — convicted Weinstein again of raping Haley and acquitted Weinstein on the Sokola rap.

But they were deadlocked on whether to convict him of the sex attack on Mann, which forced the judge to declare a mistrial before prosecutors decided to try the case for a third time.

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In May, the third trial ended with a hung jury after they couldn’t reach a unanimous decision.

Prosecutors toyed with the idea of going to trial for a fourth time — but Mann opted not to go through the grueling process of testifying again.

Haley is just one of more than 80 women who have accused the disgraced producer of sexual assault and misconduct.

After seeing other women share their similar experiences online during the height of the #MeToo movement, Haley said she felt inspired to come forward with her story.

Weinstein was given a TK sentence by Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Curtis Farber following his 2025 sex crimes conviction when a jury convicted him of first-degree criminal sex act for assaulting Miriam “Mimi” Haley in 2025. Steven Hirsch for NY Post

Weinstein has been rotting behind bars at Rikers Island, where he’s constantly complained about his ailing health and conditions at the city’s notorious jail.

“There’s no debate that Mr. Weinstein’s a very sick man,” said Jacob Kaplan, one of his defense attorneys, in court Wednesday. Weinstein’s defense team had asked the judge for a more lenient nine-year sentence.

Weinstein has been separately serving a 16-year prison sentence following his December 2022 California conviction when a jury found him guilty of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault against an Italian model and actor.

Farber said Wednesday that he hoped Weinstein’s sentence in the New York case would run consecutively to the California one — which would all but guarantee that the “Pulp Fiction” producer would die behind bars. But California officials will have the final call, the Manhattan judge said.

“You had it all. Your legacy could have been cemented of greatness, a titan in the industry,” Farber told Weinstein. “But you threw it all away by sexually assaulting Miriam.”

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg said outside the courtroom Wednesday that “today was about the survivors.”  

“Ms. Haley, her remarks were powerful, moving, and eloquent,” he told reporters. “I thank her first and foremost, and all of the survivors who came to lend their support.

“I’m moved, as we should all be moved, by their courage and their steadfastness through what has obviously been a challenging process.”