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 Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison
justjared.comNew York Supreme Court Judge James Burke sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 23 years in prison today for his crimes.
Several survivors of Weinstein‘s abuse got up and read statements during the sentencing hearings. “It scarred me deeply, mentally and emotionally,” Miriam Haley said of her 2006 attack. “What he did not only stripped me of my dignity as a human being and a woman, but it crushed my confidence.” “I wish I had been able to fight him,” another accuser, Jessica Mann, said. “I want to remind you I told Harvey ‘no’…I thought I would be able to assert my no and reserve the right to my autonomy.” Weinstein himself gave a statement and said, “I am totally confused.
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