BREAKING: Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison, marking the second time he had been handed a prison sentence in connection with a sex-crimes trial—and affirms that he will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars.
of forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by a foreign object, and forcible rape for sexually assaulting an Italian model at a Los Angeles hotel in February 2013. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury, however, could not decide on three other charges against Weinstein after 10 days of deliberation—and acquitted him of sexual battery by restraint.
The defense had asked for a shorter sentence in the L.A. case, noting the amount of time that Weinstein faces in New York and his declining health. Weinstein will serve the Los Angeles sentence consecutively at the end of his stint behind bars in New York. Throughout Weinstein’s Los Angeles trial, prosecutors alleged that he engaged in a pattern of predatory behavior, using his power in Hollywood to sexually assault four women between 2003 and 2014. Among them was Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who testified she was raped in 2005.
Prior to Thursday’s sentencing, Judge Lisa Lench ordered that only Jane Doe 1 would be allowed to give a victim impact statement because she is the only one whose allegations yielded convictions. Prosecutors fought the decision, urging Lench to at least allow attorney Gloria Allred—who is representing three Weinstein accusers—to speak in court as they argued for a minimum 18-year prison sentence.
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