With the development of the #MeToo movement and the plethora of women who came forward with their accounts of sexual assault and rape at the hands of the former film producer, Harvey Weinstein’s terrible career of sexual abuse and bad power use came to an end in 2017. Years after committing his sexual crimes, Weinstein has now been given a second term. In February 2020, Weinstein was found guilty of his first conviction on two counts of aggravated sexual assault and was subsequently given a 23-year jail term. After over three years, Weinstein has just received his Los Angeles County punishment.
Two of the five felony charges against Weinstein that were presented to the New York County court in 2020—criminal sexual assault in the first-degree and third-degree rape—were found to be true. Miriam Haley, a former “Project Runway” production assistant, and Jessica Mann, a former aspiring actor, were the two women who testified against him. Yet, Jane Doe 1 was the subject of the most recent trial in Los Angeles County. Weinstein was found guilty of “forced oral copulation, forcible rape, and penetration with a foreign object,” according to legal affairs writer Meghann Cuniff’s Substack. The disgraced film mogul will now serve even more time in prison as a result of this conviction.
According to The Daily Beast, Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in jail on February 23 in Los Angeles County for his conviction from December 2022. Once more, Jane Doe 1, a former model and actress who claimed that Weinstein raped her in her hotel room in February 2013, was the victim of three sex crimes for which he was found guilty. He is currently serving a 23-year term in New York when this happens. The 70-year-old is scheduled to serve these sentences consecutively, thus it seems possible that he will pass away in prison.
Legal affairs reporter Meghann Cuniff tweeted that the disgraced businessman entered a last-minute plea during the sentencing trial: “Please don’t give me a life sentence. I’m not worthy of it. There are numerous issues with this case.”
According to Cuniff, Weinstein requested a new trial before this punishment because two jurors allegedly had differing opinions based on information about Jane Doe 1’s relationship with another witness that they were unaware of. “It is untrue. I was not present. It’s a set-up, “Weinstein in court, adamantly defending his innocence. But, LA County Judge Lisa Lench turned down his request for a fresh trial and imposed the appropriate punishment.