The Latest Breaking News from Harvey Weinstein

Media personality, whose new memoir is out next month, said incident ‘freaked’ her out

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.

Harvey Weinstein was handed a 16-year jail sentence on rape and other sexual misconduct charges in a Los Angeles court.

Los Angeles (AFP) - Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Thursday to 16 more years in prison for the rape of a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel room, increasing the likelihood that the disgraced Hollywood mogul will spend the remainder of his life behind bars.

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

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

Once one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, the 70-year-old former film producer will most likely spend the rest of his life in prison. He is already serving a 23-year sentence in New York.

Sentence comes two months after Weinstein was convicted of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault

Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after being found guilty of rape, forced oral copulation and another sexual misconduct count