Harvey Weinstein Gets 16 Years Imprisonment For Rape, Sexual Assault
Harvey Weinstein has been convicted of the 2013 rape and sexual assault of an Italian actor and model Jane Doe 1 and now a Los Angeles judge has sentenced him to 16 years in prison.
A
Los
Angeles
judge
on
Thursday
sentenced
Harvey
Weinstein
to
16
years
in
prison
after
a
jury
convicted
him
of
the
2013
rape
and
sexual
assault
of
an
Italian
actor
and
model.
The
sentence
comes
on
top
of
the
more
than
20
years
the
70-year-old
Weinstein
has
left
to
serve
for
a
similar
2020
conviction
in
New
York,
furthering
the
fall
of
the
onetime
movie
magnate
who
became
a
#MeToo
magnet.
Weinstein
directly
appealed
to
Los
Angeles
Superior
Court
Judge
Lisa
B.
Lench,
saying:
"I
maintain
that
I'm
innocent.
I
never
raped
or
sexually
assaulted
Jane
Doe
1."
The
woman
who
Weinstein
was
convicted
of
raping
sobbed
in
the
courtroom
as
he
spoke.
Moments
earlier
she
had
told
the
judge
about
the
pain
she
felt
after
being
attacked
by
Weinstein.
"Before
that
night
I
was
a
very
happy
and
confident
woman.
I
valued
myself
and
the
relationship
I
had
with
God," the
woman,
who
was
identified
in
court
only
as
Jane
Doe
1,
said.
"I
was
excited
about
my
future.
Everything
changed
after
the
defendant
brutally
assaulted
me.
There
is
no
prison
sentence
long
enough
to
undo
the
damage."
Lench
handed
down
the
sentence
Thursday
after
rejecting
a
motion
by
Weinstein's
lawyers
for
a
new
trial.
Jurors
in
December
convicted
Weinstein
of
one
count
of
rape
and
two
counts
of
sexual
assault
against
the
woman
who
at
the
trial's
opening
in
October
gave
a
dramatic
and
emotional
account
of
him
arriving
uninvited
at
her
hotel
room,
talking
his
way
in
and
assaulting
her
during
a
film
festival.
The
jury
spared
Weinstein
an
even
longer
sentence
when
they
acquitted
him
of
the
sexual
battery
of
a
massage
therapist
and
failed
to
reach
verdicts
on
counts
involving
two
other
women.
The
defense
contended
during
the
trial
that
Weinstein
had
consensual
sex
with
two
of
the
women
he
was
charged
with
assaulting
and
that
two
others
-
including
the
one
who
led
to
his
conviction
-
were
making
up
the
incidents
entirely.
Last
week,
Lench
rejected
a
request
from
Gloria
Allred,
an
attorney
for
some
of
the
women
who
testified
at
trial,
to
allow
others
to
make
similar
statements
in
court
about
the
man
who
has
for
five
years
been
a
magnet
for
the
#MeToo
movement.
"I'm
not
going
to
make
this
an
open
forum
on
Mr.
Weinstein's
conduct," Lench
said
at
the
time.
The
Associated
Press
does
not
typically
name
people
who
say
they
have
been
sexually
assaulted.
Legal
uncertainties
will
remain
on
both
coasts
for
Weinstein.
New
York's
highest
court
has
agreed
to
hear
his
appeal
in
his
rape
and
sexual
assault
convictions
there.
And
prosecutors
in
Los
Angeles
have
yet
to
say
whether
they
will
retry
Weinstein
on
counts
they
were
unable
to
reach
a
verdict
on.
It
is
not
yet
clear
where
he
will
serve
his
time
while
these
issues
are
decided.
His
New
York
sentence
would
be
served
before
a
California
prison
term,
though
a
retrial
or
other
issues
could
keep
him
from
being
sent
back
there
soon.
Weinstein
is
eligible
for
parole
in
New
York
in
2039.