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Weinstein Faces Sentencing in New York After Retrial Conviction

A Manhattan hearing will decide whether the 2025 guilty verdict leads to additional years that could keep the 74-year-old in prison for life.

Harvey Weinstein à l'audience d'annonce de sa peine, le 23 septembre 2026. [Barry Williams / POOL / AFP]
L'ancien producteur d'Hollywood Harvey Weinstein lors d'une audience devant la cour criminelle de Manhattan à New York, le 1er mai 2026
L'ancien producteur d'Hollywood Harvey Weinstein lors d'une audience devant la cour suprême de l'Etat de New York, le 15 mai 2026
L'ancien producteur d'Hollywood Harvey Weinstein lors d'une audience devant la cour suprême de l'Etat de New York, le 12 mai 2026

Overview

  • A New York jury found Harvey Weinstein guilty in June 2025 of sexual assault linked to Miriam Haley and a Manhattan court is holding a sentencing hearing to set his term.
  • Manhattan prosecutors recommended a 20-year prison sentence for the New York conviction in June 2026, a recommendation the court is now weighing.
  • A California appeals court in June affirmed Weinstein’s guilt in a separate 2013 Los Angeles rape case but ordered a re-evaluation of the 16-year sentence he is serving.
  • Given the separate proceedings in New York and California and Weinstein’s age and health, legal analysts say the combined penalties make it likely he will remain incarcerated for the rest of his life, a conclusion that he disputes while continuing to deny the allegations.
  • The prosecutions trace to 2017 investigations that exposed accusations by more than 80 women, and an appeals court annulled Weinstein’s 2020 New York verdict in 2024, a ruling that produced the retrials that led to the current sentencing process.