Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday after he was convicted of sexually assaulting women last year.
Weinstein, 70, was found guilty of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault in December 2022 but acquitted on one other charge and had a hung jury for the remaining four charges. A judge ruled the sentence will be served after his 23-year prison sentence, which he is currently serving, stemming from sexual assault and rape claims he was found guilty of in a New York court.
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He was found guilty of both charges in Los Angeles relating to Jane Doe 1, acquitted on a sexual battery charge relating to Jane Doe 3, and had a hung jury for charges related to Jane Doe 2 and California first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
The former Hollywood mogul, who is credited as an executive producer in movies such as Pulp Fiction and Scream, will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. Claims of sexual abuse by Weinstein against more than 100 women first surfaced in 2017 as part of one of the biggest stories to come out of the #MeToo movement.
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Weinstein's 23-year sentence comes from a conviction handed down in March 2020, wherein he was found guilty of committing a criminal sex act and third-degree rape. His defense attorneys have appealed that conviction.