Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 14 years in New York assault case
Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for the 2006 sexual assault of former production assistant Miriam Haley.
The sentence was handed down in New York in September 2026, according to Variety. Judge Curtis Farber presided over the hearing.
A New York jury had convicted Weinstein, 74, of first-degree criminal sexual act at a retrial in 2025. First-degree criminal sexual act is among the most serious sexual offences under New York law. Haley testified that Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her at his SoHo apartment on 10 July 2006.
Haley had given evidence against Weinstein at his original trial in 2020 and again at the 2025 retrial. That 2020 conviction was overturned in 2024, which led to the case being tried again before a new jury. An overturned conviction does not decide innocence. It sets aside the earlier verdict.
A judge later rejected Weinstein's bid for a new trial after the single-count guilty verdict in the retrial, according to People. The verdict related to Haley's case alone.
Prosecutors had sought a heavy penalty. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg requested 20 years in prison plus five years of post-release supervision. Post-release supervision is a supervised period in the community after prison ends.
Weinstein faced up to 25 years at the sentencing, according to ABC7 New York. Both Haley and Weinstein were expected to address the court before sentence was passed.
The court heard about poor health. Weinstein, the former co-chairman of the Weinstein Co., has chronic myeloid leukaemia, diabetes and significant mobility problems. Leukaemia is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
He had appeared at Manhattan criminal court in New York on 25 June 2026 ahead of the hearing, according to Fox 5 New York. His lawyers cited age and illness during the sentencing process.
His legal matters continue elsewhere. He faces resentencing in California over the rape and sexual assault of Italian model and actor Evgeniya Chernyshova at a Los Angeles hotel in 2013. Resentencing means a court sets a fresh penalty after an earlier sentence is revisited.
He also still faced a lawsuit in New York at the time of the September sentencing, according to The New York Times.
