Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein, who was at the centre of abuse allegations that spurred the #MeToo movement in Hollywood, was resentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a former production assistant.<\/p>\n
Weinstein, 74, forcibly performed oral sex in 2006 on Miriam Haley, one of dozens of women who have made accusations against the producer.<\/p>\n
Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in 2020 for the sexual assault, but it was overturned on appeal in 2024. A jury found him guilty again in 2025 after a retrial in New York.<\/p>\n
He made a last-ditch plea for leniency as he addressed a packed Manhattan courthouse, where Ms Haley sat in the audience.<\/p>\n
“I am not a violent man, have some mercy,” said Weinstein, who wore a dark suit with a red tie and sat in a wheelchair, which he is bound to due to health issues.<\/p>\n
“I sincerely apologise to anyone I have hurt,” he added.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors had sought 20 years in prison for Weinstein, while his lawyers warned that a longer sentence would likely see him die in prison.<\/p>\n
Ms Haley told the court that she had suffered a “life sentence” and suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after Weinstein assaulted her.<\/p>\n
She said that Weinstein “abused his position of power” and that she “felt embarrassed that he thought I was so insignificant that he dared to do something like this.”<\/p>\n
#MeToo movement<\/p>\n
Weinstein once ruled Hollywood as a kingpin powerful enough to make or break projects and careers.<\/p>\n
But investigations by The New Yorker and The New York Times exposed a raft of abusive behavior and prompted an avalanche of allegations from more than 80 people.<\/p>\n
Weinstein is also to be resentenced in California for the 2013 rape and assault of an actress in a Los Angeles hotel room, after an appeals court in June upheld the conviction but vacated his 16-year prison term.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a New York judge in May declared a mistrial in a separate case after jurors failed to reach a verdict on allegations he sexually assaulted actor Jessica Mann.<\/p>\n
It was the third time Mann had taken the stand against Weinstein after a 2020 guilty verdict was overturned due to mishandling of witnesses, and a 2025 case ended in mistrial after a jury-room feud.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors later said they would not pursue a fourth trial in Mann’s case.<\/p>\n
Weinstein underwent a spectacular fall from his position astride the world of showbusiness when the first allegations against him exploded into public view.<\/p>\n
The ensuing furore snowballed into the global #MeToo movement and a reckoning that rocked the world of entertainment, with multiple men called to account for abusing their positions to exploit young women in the industry.<\/p>\n
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