Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for 2006 sex crime in New York

Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a felony sex crime in another #MeToo reckoning.

Weinstein's sentencing on Wednesday (US time) for sexually assaulting one-time TV production assistant Miriam Haley followed a legal odyssey spanning more than six years after his 2020 conviction was overturned. A jury found Weinstein guilty again at a retrial last year.

Once among the most powerful figures in the entertainment industry, Weinstein was an Oscar-winning producer whose hits included "Shakespeare in Love," "Pulp Fiction" and "Chocolat." But his downfall came quickly after sexual assault allegations in 2017 set off the #MeToo movement.

In 2024, New York's highest court erased Weinstein's conviction six years ago and ordered a new trial, ruling that Weinstein was prejudiced by testimony from other women whose allegations weren't part of the case.