Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison on 23 September 2026 for sexually assaulting former television production assistant Miriam Haley at his Manhattan apartment in 2006.
The 74-year-old former film producer was convicted in June 2025 of a first-degree criminal sexual act against Haley. Justice Curtis Farber also imposed five years of post-release supervision.
Haley fought back tears as she described the lasting effects of the assault as “a life sentence”. “Making the
decision to speak up will have me looking over my shoulder for years to come,” she said.
After the sentencing, she and other accusers embraced. Jessica Mann, whose rape allegation had led to an
overturned conviction and two hung juries, wept as others consoled her.
Weinstein has been in custody since February 2020, when a New York jury convicted him of sexually assaulting
Haley in 2006 and raping Mann in 2013. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
The New York Court of Appeals overturned those convictions in April 2024 and ordered a new trial. It ruled
that jurors should not have heard testimony about alleged sexual misconduct that was not part of the charges.
It also found that the trial judge had unfairly allowed prosecutors to question Weinstein about other alleged
misconduct if he chose to give evidence in his own defence. Weinstein did not testify.
He remained in custody after that ruling because he had also been convicted in California. In 2022, a Los Angeles jury found him guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a woman in her hotel room in 2013. He received a separate 16-year prison sentence in that case.
Weinstein expressed remorse for Haley’s pain but maintained his innocence. His lawyers sought nine years in
total, including the more than six years he has already served. They cited his deteriorating health, including
cancer and difficulty walking that required a wheelchair as reasons for a shorter prison sentence.
Defence lawyer Marc Agnifilo urged Farber to sentence Weinstein for the case before him rather than the wider
allegations against him. “It’s not dozens, it’s two,” he said of the women whose assaults had resulted in
convictions in New York and California.
Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg pushed for Weinstein to receive 20 years, arguing the defendant
had shown no remorse.
“You had it all,” Farber told Weinstein. “Your legacy could have been cemented with greatness. But you threw it
all away by assaulting Miriam Haley.”
Agreeing with Blumberg, Judge Farber also stated that Weinstein showed no remorse for his actions.
“Today was about the survivors. Ms. Haley, her remarks were powerful, moving, and eloquent. I thank her first
and foremost, and all of the survivors who came to lend their support,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin
Bragg said outside the courthouse. “I’m moved, as we should all be moved, by their courage and their
steadfastness through what has obviously been a challenging process.”
The allegations against Weinstein in 2017 helped drive the global #MeToo movement.
At the 2025 retrial, jurors convicted him of assaulting Haley but acquitted him of a separate charge involving
former model Kaja Sokola, who had accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2006. They could not reach a
verdict on the rape charge involving Mann.
A further trial ended in another hung jury in May 2026. Prosecutors dropped the rape charge involving Mann
in June after she said she did not wish to testify again.
Weinstein’s lawyers plan to appeal.
In California, an appeals court upheld his separate rape and sexual assault convictions in June but set aside his original 16-year sentence. It ordered a new sentencing hearing, at which a judge must redecide his punishment.