\u201cI sincerely apologise to anyone I have hurt,\u201d he added, while continuing to maintain his innocence during remarks met by loud groans inside the court.<\/p>\n
After sentencing, his spokesperson Juda Engelmayer told AFP that Weinstein planned to appeal the latest sentence and conviction.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is difficult to escape the conclusion that Harvey Weinstein is being sentenced not only for the crime of which he was convicted, but for who he is and what his name has come to represent,\u201d he said, referencing the #MeToo movement.<\/p>\n
\u2018Courage\u2019 <\/p>\n
Judge Curtis Farber slammed Weinstein as a \u201csexual predator\u201d who had failed to take responsibility for his actions.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou had it all. Your legacy could have been cemented with greatness. But you threw it all away by assaulting Miriam Haley,\u201d Judge Farber said.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors had sought 20 years in prison for Weinstein, while his lawyers warned that a longer sentence would likely mean he would die in prison.<\/p>\n
Haley said after the hearing that she believed the 15-year prison term \u201cwas fair … I\u2019m happy with it\u201d.<\/p>\n
She earlier told the court that she had suffered a \u201clife sentence\u201d and had post-traumatic stress disorder after Weinstein assaulted her in New York.<\/p>\n
She said that Weinstein \u201cabused his position of power\u201d and that she \u201cfelt embarrassed that he thought I was so insignificant that he dared to do something like this\u201d.<\/p>\n
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg praised Haley for her \u201cpowerful, moving and eloquent\u201d testimony. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m moved, as we should all be moved, by their courage and their steadfastness through what has obviously been a challenging process,\u201d he told reporters.<\/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 behaviour 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 because witnesses were mishandled, 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\u2019s case.<\/p>\n
Still, she attended the court on Wednesday in support of Haley with Polish-born actor Kaja Sokola: Weinstein was acquitted of sexual assault against her in a 2025 retrial.<\/p>\n
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