Weinstein was convicted on three counts of sexual assault.
was sentenced to 16 years in prison today in Los Angeles, following his conviction several months ago on several counts of rape and sexual assault. In 2020, Weinstein was convicted of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree andWeinstein was convicted in December of last year on three counts: sexual penetration by a foreign object, forcible oral copulation, and forcible rape.
Weinstein is 70 years old, and his sentences are to be served consecutively, not simultaneously, meaning between his convictions in New York and Los Angeles, he will likely spend the rest of his life in jail. Weinstein’s lawyers had requested a new trial in the Los Angeles case, but the judge in the case denied his request today. In a statement to the court before the sentence was read, Weinstein
“I maintain that I am innocent. I don’t know this woman,” and claimed that the trial was “a set up” and “there are so many things wrong with this case.”
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