Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison Wednesday in a New York courtroom. Weinstein, 67, arrived to his sentencing hearing in a wheelchair and handcuffs. The former movie producer faced between five and 29 years for last month's convictions on first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree rape. The charges were based on testimony in a New York courtroom by Miriam Haley and Jessica Mann, who both spoke at the sentencing.

Haley and the five other women who testified against Weinstein at his trial -- Mann, actress Annabella Sciorra and three "prior bad acts" witnesses -- arrived to court with prosecutors and sat in the front row. Actress Rosie Perez, who testified in support of Sciorra's claims, walked in with them and sat in the second row.

Weinstein was acquitted of two more serious charges of predatory sexual assault, which could have come with a life sentence. Still, he faces five to 25 years in prison for the criminal sexual act charge, and up to four years in prison for the rape charge. Judge James Burke decided the sentence for each charge.

Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon on Wednesday asked Burke to sentence Weinstein to the maximum or near the maximum sentence, with the sentences served concurrently. Defense attorneys have asked that he get the minimum possible sentence: five years. Anything more than that is "basically the death penalty," defense attorney Arthur Aidala said, citing Weinstein's health and age. He called him a "broken down man."

Weinstein has been in state custody since the verdict and has had several health issues. He had a heart procedure last week during which doctors inserted a stent, and on Sunday he fell while at Rikers Island jail, his publicist Juda Engelmayer told CNN.

Culled from: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/11/us/harvey-weinstein-sentence/index.html

How the rapist has fallen!

Grace to grass.

let him die in jail...

voltron14:
Grace to grass.

I swear!
This man was a multi millionaire and respected by his peers in Hollywood.
He would definitely die in prison - been ill and his age
Sad.

vivaciousvivi:

I swear!
This man was a multi millionaire and respected by his peers in Hollywood.
He would definitely die in prison - been ill and his age
Sad.

Perhaps one of the worst tragedies in life is to have been so buoyant and respected, only for you to lose it all in a trifle.

Worse, is knowing the day of damnation is right before you.

This guy was money-drunk

slickbak:
This guy was money-drunk

More like Power-Drunk

vivaciousvivi:

More like Power-Drunk

Nah, lets save power for the Big Money Republicans. The real generational racists.

He'll be 90yrs old when he's released.
By that time, his randy preek would have stopped functioning.

This guy forget say na women get America. If them commot for you, your own na jogo.
He did the crime, now it's time for the time.

Rot in jail raper

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voltron14:


Perhaps one of the worst tragedies in life is to have been so buoyant and respected, only for you to lose it all in a trifle.

Worse, is knowing the day of damnation is right before you.

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voltron14:
Grace to grass.

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The wages of sin

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