Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for assault

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Published September 24, 2026 at 4:45 AM EDT

More than six years after his first trial began, former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's New York sex crimes case came to a close Wednesday when he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

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