Harvey Weinstein faces resentencing in New York for 2006 sex assault
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Harvey Weinstein, 74, faces at least two decades in prison for sexually assaulting a former production assistant.
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- Harvey Weinstein faces resentencing in New York for forcibly performing oral sex on Miriam Haley in 2006, with at least 20 years prison time after a retrial conviction in 2025.
- Weinstein's 2020 conviction was overturned in 2024; he is also to be resentenced in California for a separate 2013 rape case, while prosecutors dropped further trials for a mistrial case involving Jessica Mann.
- His case sparked the global MeToo movement, exposing widespread sexual abuse in Hollywood; Weinstein denies all allegations and is currently wheelchair-bound in jail.
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NEW YORK – Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was at the centre of abuse allegations that spurred the #MeToo movement in Hollywood, will be sentenced again on Sept 23 for sexually assaulting a former production assistant.
Weinstein, 74, faces at least two decades in prison for forcibly performing oral sex in 2006 on Miriam Haley, one of dozens of women who have made accusations against the Pulp Fiction and Shakespeare In Love producer.
Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in jail in 2020 for the sexual assault, but it was overturned on appeal in 2024. A jury found him guilty again in 2025 after a retrial in New York.
Following the verdict, Haley told reporters that the defence’s “victim-shaming and deliberate attempts to distort the truth were exhausting and at times dehumanising”.
“But today’s verdict gives me hope, hope that there is new awareness around sexual violence and that the myth of the ‘perfect victim’ is fading.”
Weinstein, who is currently jailed in New York, once ruled Hollywood as a kingpin powerful enough to make or break projects and careers.
But investigations by The New Yorker and The New York Times exposed a raft of abusive behaviour and prompted an avalanche of allegations from more than 80 people.
Weinstein is also to be resentenced in California for the 2013 rape and assault of an actress in a Los Angeles hotel room, after an appeals court in June upheld the conviction but vacated his 16-year prison term.
Meanwhile, a New York judge in May declared a mistrial in a separate case after jurors failed to reach a verdict on allegations that he sexually assaulted actress Jessica Mann.
It was the third time Mann had taken the stand against Weinstein after a 2020 guilty verdict was overturned owing to the mishandling of witnesses, and a 2025 case ended in a mistrial after a jury-room feud.
Prosecutors later said they would not pursue a fourth trial in Mann’s case.
Weinstein, who uses a wheelchair because of health issues, has continued to deny all allegations against him.
He underwent a spectacular fall from his position astride the world of show business when the first allegations against him exploded into public view.
The ensuing furore snowballed into the global #MeToo movement and a reckoning that rocked the world of entertainment, with multiple men called to account for abusing their positions to exploit young women in the industry. AFP