After an overturned conviction and two retrials, Harvey Weinstein was sentenced again on Wednesday — this time, to 15 years on a New York sex crime conviction — more than six years after his first sentencing in March 2020.
\n\nThe sentencing came down in a retrial on Wednesday, more than a year after a jury found the former Hollywood mogul guilty of sexually assaulting one-time TV production assistant, Miriam Haley, according to a report by NBC News.
\n\nWeinstein — who pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree criminal sexual act and denies all allegations of nonconsensual sex — reportedly appeared in the downtown Manhattan courtroom in a wheelchair with his hands cuffed to his seat.
\n\n“It is a life sentence for me,” Haley told the courtroom in a victim impact statement, adding that Weinstein’s abuse of “his position and power” caused a “devastating effect on my life and security.”
\n\nWeinstein also addressed the court to apologize to “anyone I may have hurt by my actions,” while maintaining that he still denies the allegations against him.
\n\n“I am not a perfect person, but I am a person who has made mistakes,” the 74-year-old said, adding, “I am not a violent…
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