Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual assault

23 September 2026, 17: 00 BST. Updated 3 minutes ago.

Key points

• The 2020 trial heard testimony from three women: Haley, actress Jessica Mann, and model Kaja Sokola.
• Haley testified that Weinstein had assaulted her in a Manhattan apartment in 2006, and a jury discovered him guilty on that charge.
• He was originally convicted and sentenced in the Miriam Haley case in 2020.
• Weinstein has already spent six years in prison as the cases against him play out, and he has a separate conviction for sex crimes in Los Angeles.
• Appearing in court in a wheelchair, Weinstein denied the allegations but apologised to "anyone I may have hurt by my actions".

After a jury discovered him guilty last year of committing a criminal sexual act against a former assistant, disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

In a victim impact statement in court, his accuser, Miriam Haley, remarked the assault had a "devastating effect on my life and sense of security that may never go away".

Weinstein has already spent six years in prison as the cases against him play out, and he has a separate conviction for sex crimes in Los Angeles. He has faced three trials in New York over rape and abuse allegations.

He was originally convicted and sentenced in the Miriam Haley case in 2020. But in 2024, New York's highest court overturned the conviction, ruling Weinstein did not obtain a fair trial. He was retried and convicted again for Haley's assault last year.

Notably, the 2020 trial heard testimony from three women: Haley, actress Jessica Mann, and model Kaja Sokola.

"I just thought, I have to stand up for myself. I have to stand up for the truth, " she informed the BBC of her decision to testify.

Taken together, the developments around harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual assault point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.