Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years for assaulting former assistant

September 23, 2026 at 09:00 PM2 min

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Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison on September 23, 2026, for a criminal sexual act against former assistant Miriam Haley. The sentence follows his 2025 retrial conviction in New York. Weinstein, appearing in a wheelchair, apologized to anyone he may have hurt but denied the allegations.

Key Facts

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison on September 23, 2026, for a criminal sexual act against former assistant Miriam Haley.
Weinstein was originally convicted in 2020 and sentenced to 23 years, but New York's highest court overturned the conviction in April 2024.
Weinstein is already serving a 16-year sentence from a separate Los Angeles conviction for sex crimes.
In July 2026, TMZ reported Weinstein suffered a heart failure episode and was taken to Bellevue Hospital's prison ward in Manhattan.

The Sentence

Judge Curtis Farber sentenced Weinstein to 15 years in prison for the assault on Miriam Haley. Weinstein appeared in court in a wheelchair and denied the allegations, but apologized to "anyone I may have hurt by my actions." In a victim impact statement, Haley said the assault had a "devastating effect on my life and sense of security that may never go away." Weinstein also said he is treated "like an animal or worse" in prison and would dedicate his final years to fighting for changes in the penitentiary system.

Legal History

Weinstein was originally convicted in 2020 and sentenced to 23 years, but New York's highest court overturned the conviction in April 2024, ruling he did not get a fair trial. He was retried and convicted again in June 2025 on a single charge of a criminal sexual act against Haley. The 2020 trial heard testimony from three women: Haley, actress Jessica Mann, and model Kaja Sokola. The jury found Weinstein not guilty of assaulting Sokola and reached no verdict on a rape charge related to Mann.

Other Convictions

Weinstein has a separate conviction for sex crimes in Los Angeles, for which he received a 16-year sentence. He is currently serving that Los Angeles sentence. In July 2026, TMZ reported Weinstein suffered a heart failure episode and was taken to Bellevue Hospital's prison ward in Manhattan.