Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison after New York sexual assault retrial

Weinstein has already spent more than six years behind bars as his cases have moved through the courts

Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison following his conviction for sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in New York.

The sentence was handed down on September 23, more than a year after New York’s highest court overturned Weinstein’s original conviction. He was initially sentenced to 23 years in prison in 2020 after being found guilty of sexually assaulting Haley and raping actress Jessica Mann.

Weinstein was retried in 2025 and was again convicted of a first-degree criminal sexual act involving Haley, stemming from an incident at his Manhattan apartment in 2006. The charge carried a maximum sentence of 25 years.

During Wednesday’s sentencing, Haley addressed the court and described the lasting impact of the assault and the legal proceedings. Weinstein also spoke, expressing remorse for Haley’s pain while continuing to maintain his innocence.

The latest sentence follows a complicated legal battle. New York’s Court of Appeals overturned Weinstein’s 2020 conviction in 2024, ruling that testimony about allegations that were not part of the charges had unfairly prejudiced his trial.

At his 2025 retrial, Weinstein was acquitted of a separate criminal sex act charge involving former model Kaja Sokola, while jurors could not reach a verdict on the rape allegation involving Mann. Prosecutors later dropped the rape charge rather than pursue another trial.

Weinstein, 74, has already spent more than six years behind bars as his cases have moved through the courts. He is also facing a separate legal situation in California, where he was convicted of rape and sexual assault in 2022. A California appeals court upheld that conviction in June but ordered the lower court to reconsider his sentence.

Weinstein has repeatedly denied raping or sexually assaulting anyone and is expected to appeal the latest New York conviction and sentence.