{"id":355615,"date":"2026-09-24T12:06:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/355615\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T12:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:06:48","slug":"harvey-weinstein-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-in-manhattan-for-sexual-assault-of-miriam-haley-19-outlets-compared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/355615\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvey Weinstein Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison In Manhattan For Sexual Assault Of Miriam Haley: 19 outlets compared"},"content":{"rendered":"

15 Years in Manhattan<\/p>\n

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Manhattan on Wednesday for a felony sex crime involving Miriam Haley, with the court tying the punishment to a criminal sexual act conviction after a retrial. Miriam Haley told the court that \u201cHaving been sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein has had a devastating effect on my life and sense of security that may never go away,\u201d and she added, \u201cIt\u2019s a life sentence for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Left out by 10 of 12who reported it<\/p>\n

Haley described smear campaigns by Weinstein, his team, and podcasters.. Reported by The Guardian and Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n

Judge Curtis Farber said Weinstein \u201cYou took what you wanted by force and you have never accepted responsibility,\u201d as the judge acknowledged Weinstein would be remembered not just for producing films but as \u201cthe face of the #MeToo movement.\u201d Weinstein, 74, appeared in court in a wheelchair and apologized to those he may have hurt while insisting on \u201cinnocence,\u201d telling the judge, \u201cI do have remorse for Miriam Haley\u2019s pain, but I have to reiterate my innocence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Image\"ABC7ABC7 New York<\/a>Legal odyssey and health<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s highest court overturned Weinstein\u2019s 2020 conviction in 2024 and ordered a new trial, ruling that Weinstein was prejudiced by testimony from other women whose allegations were not part of the case. Weinstein was convicted again last year at a retrial, and the jury acquitted him of forcibly performing oral sex on Kaja Sokola while it could not reach a verdict on a rape charge involving Jessica Mann.<\/p>\n

Manhattan prosecutors asked for 20 years in prison with five years of post-release supervision, while defense lawyer Jacob Kaplan asked for a sentence of three more years on top of the six years Weinstein had already served. Kaplan argued that a longer sentence would make it more likely that Weinstein dies in prison, and Kaplan said Weinstein has been in the hospital six times since 2025 while dealing with blood cancer, congestive heart failure, and kidney issues.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"AlAl Jazeera<\/a>What comes next<\/p>\n

Weinstein was also awaiting resentencing in a separate rape case in Los Angeles, where a California appeals court upheld the 2022 conviction but threw out his original 16-year sentence. The sentencing in New York followed a sequence that included a hung jury in May in the Mann case, after which Manhattan prosecutors dropped the rape charge rather than pursue a fourth trial.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors told the court Weinstein \u201chas never shown an ounce of remorse\u201d and asked for a 20-year sentence, framing the case as needing deterrence to prevent other powerful figures from abusing their authority. Miriam Haley said she didn\u2019t think she would be giving a victim impact statement again six years after Weinstein\u2019s initial conviction, and she warned that she would be \u201clooking over my shoulder for years to come\u201d as Weinstein remains in custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"15 Years in Manhattan Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Manhattan on Wednesday for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[157,132493,75,84,83,114363,89748,9,24,114362,114361,63],"class_list":["post-355615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-entertainment","tag-harvey-weinstein-sentenced-to-15","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-media-analysis","tag-media-bias","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news-compared","tag-news-comparison","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}