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.
Weinstein Defense Lawyer Blasts ‘Obscene’ 23-Year Prison Sentence
variety.comHarvey Weinstein’s defense attorney blasted Justice James Burke’s decision to sentence her client to 23 years in prison on Wednesday morning.
Speaking outside court, attorney Donna Rotunno said that Burke had “caved” to pressure from the public and the #MeToo movement. “That sentence that was just handed down by this court was obscene,” Rotunno said. “I am overcome with anger at that number.
I think that number is a cowardly number to give.” Weinstein faced a maximum sentence of 29 years on counts of committing a criminal sexual act and third-degree rape.
Many observers predicted that he would get 10 to 15 years. Rotunno said Weinstein will appeal, and said the harsh penalty will offer further evidence to the appellate court that the trial
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