The court in Los Angeles sentenced the former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison for sexual assault and rape from 2013, this is in addition to the conviction from New York from 2020 that sentenced the 70-year-old Weinstein to 23 years in prison – a sentence he is already serving, it was reported today (Fifth).
Weinstein, for his part, denied that he had sex without consent, and he is expected to appeal the sentence.
More than 80 victims have complained about sexual assault and inappropriate behavior on Weinstein’s part, dating back to the late 1970s. In 2017, over 100 women, most of them from the entertainment industry, accused Weinstein of rape, assault and sexual harassment, for events that took place over a period spanning three decades. Following the affair, the “Me Too” campaign grew. In 2018, he was arrested and expelled from the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In February 2020, he was convicted of third-degree rape and sexual assault and was sentenced to 23 years in prison.