Harvey Weinstein CBE (born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer. He and his brother Bob Weinstein co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films, including Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), The Crying Game (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Heavenly Creatures (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), and Shakespeare in Love (1998).
Weinstein won an Academy Award for producing Shakespeare in Love, and garnered seven Tony Awards for a variety of plays and musicals, including The Producers, Billy Elliot the Musical, and August: Osage County. After leaving Miramax, Weinstein and his brother Bob founded The Weinstein Company, a mini-major film studio. He was co-chairman, alongside Bob, from 2005 to 2017.
Harvey Weinstein lawyer blasts 'cowardly' judge for 'obscene' sentence
mirror.co.ukHarvey Weinstein's lawyer, Donna Rotunno, has blasted the judge for the length of sentence he handed down to the disgraced Hollywood film producer.
The 67-year-old was sentenced to 20 years for forcibly performing oral sex on production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006. He was also given three years for third-degree rape for his attack on Jessica Mann in 2013.
Judge James Burke ordered Weinstein to serve the sentences consecutively and sentenced him to five years of post-release supervision for each charge.
Rotunno attacked the verdict and accused the judge of 'cowardice'. Speaking from the steps outside the courthouse, she said: "That sentence that was just handed down by this court was obscene. "I am overcome with anger at that number.
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