“That number was obnoxious. There are murderers who will get out of court faster than Harvey Weinstein will.” Weinstein’s attorney Donna Rotunno says the team will likely file their appeal in July
Harvey Weinstein will spend 23 years in a New York State prison after being sentenced by Supreme Court Judge James Burke on Wednesday morning. Feb. 24 of committing a Criminal Sexual Act in the first degree and third-degree rape.
For his conviction on the first-degree count of criminal sexual act, Weinstein was given 20 years in prison plus five years of supervised release. On the other convicted charge, third-degree rape, he was given three years in prison.Weinstein's attorney Donna Rotunno called the sentencing "obscene" in a press conference outside the court house. "Of course it's too harsh. It's ridiculous," she said, speaking to reporters. "That number was obnoxious.
Prior to his sentencing, Rotunno had told the judge that Weinstein should get a shorter sentence because he has a "long list of illnesses." . Speaking, in a low voice, of the women who have accused him of misconduct, he said, "I have great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all women."Lead prosecutor Joan Illuzzi hadWeinstein's lawyers said that no members of his family attended the sentencing.
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