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
dailystar.co.ukHarvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York today, weeks after being found guilty of sexual assault and rape in a landmark trial.
Weinstein, 67, once one of Hollywood's most powerful figures, is being held in New York's infamous Rikers Island jail. The former film producer was recently transferred there after being taken to hospital when his trial ended.
He had stent implant surgery to remove a blockage after he said he was suffering from chest pains, according to a spokesman.
Weinstein's lawyers asked Judge James Burke to consider his poor health, age and young children while sentencing him. They asked for the shortest possible punishment of five years for their client, citing his "accomplishments" and "charitable
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