Weinstein resentenced to 15 years in prison for 2006 sex assault

Harvey Weinstein was resentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006, a Manhattan court ruled. The disgraced movie mogul, 74, was at the center of abuse allegations that spurred the #MeToo movement. He was convicted again at retrial in 2025.

How many years did Weinstein get for the 2006 assault?

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for forcibly performing oral sex on Miriam Haley in 2006. A Manhattan jury convicted him again in 2025 after his original 2020 sentence of 23 years was overturned on appeal in 2024, prompting the retrial.

What happened at Weinstein's retrial?

Weinstein, 74, forcibly performed oral sex in 2006 on Haley, one of dozens of women who have made accusations against the "Pulp Fiction" and "Shakespeare in Love" producer.

He was sentenced to 23 years in 2020 for the sexual assault, but the sentence was overturned on appeal in 2024. A jury found him guilty again in 2025 after a retrial in New York.

He made a last-ditch plea for leniency Wednesday as he addressed a packed Manhattan courthouse, where Haley sat in the audience.

What did Weinstein and Haley say in court?

"I am not a violent man, have some mercy," said Weinstein, who wore a dark suit with a red tie and sat in a wheelchair, which he is bound to due to health issues. "I sincerely apologize to anyone I have hurt," he added.

Prosecutors had sought 20 years in prison for Weinstein, while his lawyers warned that a longer sentence would likely see him die in prison.

Haley told the court that she had suffered a "life sentence" and post-traumatic stress disorder after Weinstein assaulted her. She said Weinstein "abused his position of power" and that she "felt embarrassed that he thought I was so insignificant that he dared to do something like this."

What other cases does Weinstein face?

Weinstein once ruled Hollywood as a kingpin powerful enough to make or break projects and careers. But investigations by The New Yorker and The New York Times exposed a raft of abusive behavior and prompted an avalanche of allegations from more than 80 people.

Weinstein is also to be resentenced in California for the 2013 rape and assault of an actress in a Los Angeles hotel room, after an appeals court in June upheld the conviction but vacated his 16-year prison term.

A New York judge in May declared a mistrial in a separate case after jurors failed to reach a verdict on allegations he sexually assaulted actor Jessica Mann. It was the third time Mann had taken the stand against Weinstein, after a 2020 guilty verdict was overturned due to mishandling of witnesses and a 2025 case ended in mistrial after a jury-room feud. Prosecutors later said they would not pursue a fourth trial in Mann's case.

The first allegations against Weinstein snowballed into the global #MeToo movement and a reckoning that rocked the world of entertainment, with multiple men called to account for abusing their positions to exploit young women in the industry.