BREAKING: Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison.
with the release of a pair of exposés in October 2017, landed him in court earlier this year to face his first criminal trial. The charges, including two counts of predatory sexual assault, could have led to him spending the rest of his life in prison — though jurors, after hearing weeks of arguments and deliberating another five days, acquitted him of the most serious charges.
Weinstein's legal team cited this mixed verdict in its sentencing letter to the court, pointing out his charity work andtwo of the principal witnesses in the trial — Miriam Haley and Jessica Mann — offered"extremely complicated" descriptions of their relationships with Weinstein. "Given his age and specific medical risk factors," his attorneys said,"any additional term of imprisonment above the mandatory minimum — although the grave reality is that Mr. Weinstein may not even outlive that term — is likely to constitute a de facto life sentence."
Weinstein displayed signs of poor health throughout the court hearings, which he attended with the aid of a walker. After his verdict was read — and before heading to the Rikers Island jail complex, where he awaited sentencing — authorities rerouted him to a hospital, where doctors placed a stent in his heart.Weinstein, who did not take the stand during the trial, did, however, speak to the court during the hearing.
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