Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday for sexually assaulting two women.
The sentence follows a landmark verdict on February 24, after a jury found that Weinstein raped aspiring actress Jessica Mann at a DoubleTree hotel in 2013 when she was 27-years-old, and forced oral sex on former production assistant Mimi Haleyi, now 42, at his apartment in 2006.
Weinstein’s sentencing was watched in the Manhattan courtroom by all the women who had testified at trial against the once-feared mogul, who was convicted Feb. 24 of rape and committing a criminal sexual act more than two years after explosive news articles about his alleged serial sexual abuse of women.
The producer of films including “Pulp Fiction,” “Shakespeare in Love,” and “Gangs of New York” was found not guilty of the most serious charges: two counts of predatory sexual assault for which he could have been sentenced to life in prison. He also was acquitted of first-degree rape. –CNBC
Weinstein faced a minimum of five years in prison. His lawyer was ‘overcome with anger’ at the sentence.
WATCH LIVE: Harvey Weinstein’s defense team speak following his 23 year sentence.
“That number did not speak to justice. That number is a cowardly number. The judge caved, the jury caved.” https://t.co/2CVVpC3UgP pic.twitter.com/GlpY61xzTl
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 11, 2020
