Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years for New York sexual assault

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Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Court for sentencing on Wednesday, September 23, 2026 in New York. | Photo Credit: AP

A New York judge sentenced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein to 15 ​years in prison on Wednesday (September 24, 2026) for sexually assaulting a former ‌production assistant in 2006, following the ex-movie mogul’s conviction ​at a retrial last year.

Weinstein, 74, was ⁠convicted in June 2025 of first-degree criminal sexual act for assaulting a woman at his Manhattan apartment, the culmination of a six-year ‌legal saga that saw his 2020 conviction overturned by New York’s highest court. Weinstein has denied ‌assaulting anyone or having non-consensual sex.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin ‌Bragg ⁠on Wednesday praised the survivor for her testimony and ⁠said he was moved by her courage.

A Weinstein spokesman said in a statement that Weinstein maintains his innocence and strongly disagrees with ​the sentence imposed by Judge ‌Curtis Farber.

Weinstein was first convicted in New York in 2020 of assaulting the woman and raping aspiring another actress and was sentenced to 23 years in prison. ‌New York’s highest court overturned that conviction in 2024, ​finding that he had not received a fair trial. At his 2025 retrial, jurors convicted ⁠him of a charge related to the survivor, acquitted him of assaulting former a model and deadlocked on a rape ‌charge.

A third trial on the aspiring actress’ allegation ended in another mistrial in May. Prosecutors dropped the charge the following month after she said she did not want to testify in a fourth trial.

Weinstein, who co-founded the Miramax studio, was separately convicted in California in 2022 ‌of rape and sexual assault and sentenced to 16 years. A ​California appeals court in June upheld those convictions but ordered him resentenced because the trial judge had ⁠considered his since-overturned New York convictions as an aggravating factor.

Weinstein’s ⁠original conviction was a milestone for the #MeToo movement, which encouraged women to come forward with allegations ‌of sexual misconduct by powerful men.

More than 100 women, including famous actresses, have accused Weinstein of misconduct. He ​has denied the allegations.

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