Harvey Weinstein Receives 15-Year Sentence for Assault

Harvey Weinstein, a former Hollywood film producer, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006. The sentence was handed down by a New York court on September 23, 2026, following a retrial after his original conviction in 2020 was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals in 2024 due to procedural errors.

During the retrial, a jury found Weinstein guilty of the assault on Haley but acquitted him of charges related to another accuser, former model Kaja Sokola. Charges against him involving former actress Jessica Mann were dropped after a separate trial resulted in a deadlocked jury.

In addition to his New York conviction, Weinstein has legal issues in California, where he was convicted of rape in 2022 and is awaiting resentencing after an appellate court overturned his initial 16-year sentence. He is currently incarcerated at Rikers Island.