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 for rape and sexual assault
digitalspy.comHarvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. The disgraced movie producer was previously found guilty of two of the five charges he faced at his New York trial last month.
Judge James Burke has now imposed 20 years in prison for a first-degree criminal sex act and three years for third-degree rape, which will run consecutively.
Weinstein arrived in court in a wheelchair to receive his sentence. His lawyers have said that they will appeal his convictions.
The 67-year-old had previously been acquitted of a further three charges, including two counts of predatory sexual assault and an alternative count of rape in the first degree.
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