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Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years for rape

Harvey Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan who came to epitomize a culture of pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men that ignited the #MeToo movement, was sentenced on Thursday to 16 years in prison for the 2013 rape of an actress in Los Angeles.

France 24

Harvey Weinstein begs judge for ‘mercy’ as he receives 16-year sentence

Weinstein was found guilty of rape and two other sexual misconduct charges involving a woman known as Jane Doe One, after a trial in December.

The Independent UK

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 more years in prison over Los Angeles rape

The disgraced producer begged the judge: ‘Please don’t sentence me to life in prison, I don’t deserve it. I beg your mercy’

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Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years in prison in Los Angeles

Weinstein was found guilty of rape and other sexual misconduct charges involving a woman last December.

The Independent UK

Weinstein sentencing on rape conviction delayed to February

Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing for rape and sexual assault convictions in Los Angeles has been delayed so his attorneys can file a motion for a new trial

The Independent UK

1 woman's story of rape convinced all Weinstein trial jurors

Only one accuser at the Los Angeles trial of Harvey Weinstein convinced jurors unanimously that she had been raped and sexually assaulted

The Independent UK

Weinstein dodges sentencing enhancement, faces 18 years

Harvey Weinstein will face a maximum prison sentence of 18 years after a Los Angeles jury failed to reach a verdict on special allegations that Weinstein planned his assault on a model-actor in 2013 and whether she was “particularly vulnerable.”

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Harvey Weinstein convicted of rape in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles jury on Monday found Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape, delivering a verdict that further condemns the disgraced movie titan whose treatment of women helped spur the #MeToo movement.

Los Angeles Times

Jennifer Siebel Newsom fends off shame-the-victim tactics in Harvey Weinstein rape trial

The same grotesque stereotypes that the documentary film-maker has exposed in her work were deployed against her

The Guardian - US

Prosecution rests case at Harvey Weinstein sex assault trial

Prosecutors in Los Angeles have rested their case in the trial of Harvey Weinstein

The Independent UK

Weinstein trial: defense demands graphic details from Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Disgraced movie mogul’s lawyer conducts grueling cross-examination as judge drops four of 11 counts

The Guardian - US

Jennifer Siebel Newsom testifies against Harvey Weinstein: ‘This is so disgusting, so wrong’

LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Siebel Newsom took the stand Monday at Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial and accused the fallen Hollywood mogul of raping her 17 years ago in a Beverly Hills hotel suite when she was a struggling actor.

Los Angeles Times

Jennifer Siebel Newsom testifies against Harvey Weinstein: ‘He’s staring at me’

Jennifer Siebel Newsom took the stand Monday at Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial and was expected to accuse the fallen Hollywood mogul of raping her when she was a stuggling actor nearly 20 years ago.

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