Los Angeles: Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 16 more years in prison on charges of rape of a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel room.
A judge sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison in his Los Angeles criminal trial on Thursday, adding on to the 23 years he is already serving as he continues to face repercussions from sexual assault allegations that kickstarted the #MeToo movement.
Attending court in a wheelchair, the 70-year-old Oscar-winning “Shakespeare in Love” producer begged the judge for “mercy.”
“Please don’t sentence me to life in prison. I don’t deserve it. There are so many things wrong with this case,” he said.
But Judge Lisa Lench handed him three consecutive sentences totalling 16 years for forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by a foreign object, and forcible rape.
The actress, whose identity was not revealed, had tearfully called on the judge to give Weinstein “the maximum sentence allowable.”
Weinstein’s lawyers said they plan to file an immediate appeal of the Los Angeles conviction — which was announced by a jury in December — and sentence.
