Harvey Weinstein is Guilty of Rape and Receives 16 More Years in Prison!

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: Natalie | In controversy , Crime , Legal

Harvey Weinstein is convicted of rape and will now serve 16 extra years in prison.
The disgraced film producer was already serving a 23-year sentence.
Weinstein was pronounced guilty of all the allegations in 2020.

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Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein receives 16 additional years in prison

Harvey Weinstein is not getting out of prison anytime soon.

The movie producer, whose treatment of women in Hollywood started the MeToo movement has received 16 more years in prison.

The extra punishment comes amid Weinstein’s 23-year sentence after a judge pronounced him guilty of raping and sexually assaulting multiple women in 2020.

On Thursday, the disgraced producer, 70, spoke ahead of his sentencing, saying,

“I maintain that I’m innocent. I never raped or sexually assaulted Jane Doe 1. I never knew this woman, and the fact is she doesn’t know me. This is about money,”

Harvey Weinstein — Weinstein was already serving 23 years in prison. source: BBC

“Please don’t sentence me to life in prison. I don’t deserve it.“

Last December, Harvey was pronounced guilty of one count of forcible rape, one count of oral copulation, and one count of sexual penetration by an object.

Four different women, whose identities have been hidden accused the producer of sexually assaulting them from 2004 to 2013.

Siebel Newsom claimed that she first met Weinstein in 2005 when she was an aspiring actress. As per her statement, Harvey invited her to his hotel room and she obliged.

She said during the trial,

“I was so violated and I don’t know how that happened,”
“I didn’t see the clues and I didn’t know how to escape.”

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Many A-listers came together to accuse Harvey of rape and harassment

Beth Fegan, Newsom’s lawyer said,

“Like many other women, my client was sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein at a purported business meeting that turned out to be a trap.”

On October 2017, The New York Times published a detailed story mentioning decades-long allegations of sexual harassment against the filmmaker.

Big names like Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd were among the first of many women to come forward.

The accusers said that he forced them to massage him and watch him naked and promised to launch their careers in Hollywood.

After the news made headlines around the globe, Weinstein issued an apology for the pain he caused. He, however, refused to accept that he harassed numerous women for over three decades.

Then another female, British actress Romola Garai also claimed that she was only 18 years old when the disgraced director answered his hotel room in a bathrobe.

The next day, 13 more women published their allegations in the New Yorker magazine including three rape accusations.

Other women like Asia Argento, Lucia Stroller, and Mira Sorvino accused Harvey of forcing himself on them.

A-listers like Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, and Cara Delevingne also accused Weinstein of harassing them.

Amid all those allegations, Harvey’s wife Georgina Chapman announced she was leaving him.

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