Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in New York, bringing a major chapter of the disgraced Hollywood producer’s years-long criminal prosecution to a close after his original conviction was overturned and prosecutors were forced to try him again.

Manhattan Judge Curtis Farber handed down the sentence Wednesday, September 23, for Weinstein’s 2006 sexual assault of former television production assistant Miriam “Mimi” Haley.

Weinstein, 74, was convicted at his retrial in June 2025 of first-degree criminal sexual act for assaulting Haley at his Manhattan apartment.

The 15-year prison sentence is accompanied by five years of post-release supervision. Weinstein will also be required to register as a sex offender.

The sentence represents the latest major turn in a New York prosecution that began more than six years ago, produced a 23-year sentence, saw that conviction overturned by the state’s highest court and eventually resulted in another jury finding Weinstein guilty of assaulting Haley.

Weinstein continues to maintain his innocence and is expected to appeal.

Miriam Haley Faced Weinstein in Court

Haley was inside the Manhattan courtroom for sentencing.

Before Judge Farber announced the punishment, she delivered a victim-impact statement describing how the assault and the years of public legal proceedings that followed affected her life.

Haley told the court that the consequences of what happened to her had extended far beyond the original assault, describing years of public scrutiny and attacks on her credibility as the criminal case moved through trials, appeals and retrials.

She urged the judge to take those consequences into consideration when deciding Weinstein’s sentence.

Weinstein also addressed the court.

He continued to deny sexually assaulting anyone, while telling Farber that he was “not a perfect person” and saying he lived with regrets.

He also complained about his treatment while incarcerated and indicated that he intends to continue challenging his conviction.

Farber ultimately imposed 15 years.

The judge told Weinstein that he once had extraordinary success and power in Hollywood but had destroyed that legacy through his conduct toward Haley.

The Case Began With a 2006 Encounter

Haley, who previously worked as a production assistant, accused Weinstein of sexually assaulting her at his Manhattan apartment in 2006.

Her allegation eventually became one of the central criminal charges brought against Weinstein after years of reporting about his treatment of women helped trigger the global #MeToo movement.

At Weinstein’s original New York trial in 2020, prosecutors presented Haley’s allegation alongside a separate rape allegation from aspiring actress Jessica Mann.

The jury convicted Weinstein of committing a first-degree criminal sexual act against Haley and third-degree rape against Mann.

He was sentenced to 23 years in prison.

At the time, the conviction appeared to represent the definitive legal reckoning for a producer who had once occupied one of the most powerful positions in Hollywood.

Then, four years later, New York’s highest court erased it.

New York’s Highest Court Overturned His First Conviction

In April 2024, the New York Court of Appeals overturned Weinstein’s 2020 conviction and ordered a new trial.

The decision did not declare Weinstein innocent.

Instead, the court concluded that the original trial had been unfair because jurors were permitted to hear testimony from women whose allegations were not themselves part of the criminal charges being tried.

The ruling was one of the most significant reversals of a high-profile conviction to emerge from the #MeToo era.

For Haley and the other women involved in the prosecution, it also meant going through the process again.

Manhattan prosecutors decided to retry Weinstein.

The Retrial Produced a Complicated Verdict

The second trial did not produce a simple across-the-board decision.

In June 2025, jurors again found Weinstein guilty of the first-degree criminal sexual act involving Haley.

But they acquitted him of a separate charge involving former model Kaja Sokola.

The jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the third-degree rape charge involving Jessica Mann.

That left prosecutors with one conviction, one acquittal and one unresolved charge.

The Haley conviction meant Weinstein could once again be sentenced to a substantial prison term.

But the unresolved Mann allegation prevented the New York case from immediately reaching its conclusion.

Prosecutors attempted to try that charge again.

Another Jury Deadlocked on the Jessica Mann Charge

The Mann allegation subsequently went before another jury.

That proceeding also failed to produce a verdict.

Jurors deadlocked, creating yet another hung jury in a case that had already stretched across years of litigation.

Prosecutors eventually decided not to pursue another trial after Mann indicated she could not endure testifying about the alleged assault yet again.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office moved to dismiss the remaining rape charge.

That decision finally cleared the way for Weinstein to be sentenced on the conviction involving Haley.

The dismissal did not constitute a finding that Mann’s allegation was false. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said his office continued to believe her account and credibility but would not force her through another trial.

Prosecutors Wanted a Significant Sentence

Weinstein faced a potential sentence of up to 25 years for the first-degree criminal sexual act conviction.

His defense asked for substantially less.

Defense attorney Jacob Kaplan argued that Weinstein’s deteriorating health and the years he had already spent incarcerated should weigh heavily in the sentence.

Weinstein has experienced numerous serious medical problems while in custody and has repeatedly been transported for treatment.

His attorneys argued that a lengthy sentence could effectively ensure he dies in prison.

They asked the court to impose approximately three additional years beyond the roughly six years Weinstein has already spent incarcerated during the New York case.

Farber rejected that request.

The final sentence was 15 years.

Weinstein Has Already Spent More Than Six Years Behind Bars

One of the complicated questions surrounding the sentence involves the amount of time Weinstein has already served.

He has been incarcerated for more than six years as his New York prosecution moved through the courts.

That includes time served under the original conviction before it was overturned.

How his accumulated jail and prison credit is formally applied will affect the amount of the 15-year sentence he has remaining.

Even with credit for time already served, Weinstein is expected to remain incarcerated for years.

And the New York sentence is not the only reason.

Weinstein Still Has a California Conviction

While Weinstein was fighting his New York case, prosecutors on the opposite side of the country brought another criminal prosecution.

A Los Angeles jury convicted him in 2022 of rape and other sexual offenses involving a woman who testified that Weinstein assaulted her in a Beverly Hills hotel in 2013.

He was sentenced to 16 years in prison in California.

That conviction remained intact even when the New York Court of Appeals overturned his original Manhattan conviction.

However, Weinstein is now awaiting resentencing in the California case as well.

The interaction between his New York and California sentences means his ultimate incarceration timeline remains more complicated than simply counting 15 years from Wednesday’s sentencing.

Weinstein Plans Another Appeal

Wednesday’s sentencing does not mean Weinstein has abandoned his fight against the New York conviction.

He is expected to appeal.

His attorneys have repeatedly challenged aspects of the retrial, and Weinstein continues to insist that his sexual encounters were consensual.

An appeal could raise issues involving trial procedure, evidence or other rulings made during the prosecution.

That means the same appellate process that dramatically altered the case once before could again become part of the story.

For now, however, the 2025 conviction stands.

And the sentence is 15 years.

A Hollywood Empire Collapsed

The scale of Weinstein’s downfall remains extraordinary.

Before the allegations against him became public, Weinstein was one of the most influential producers in Hollywood.

Through Miramax and later The Weinstein Company, he helped build an enormous catalog of commercially successful and critically acclaimed movies.

His companies were associated with films including Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare in Love, Good Will Hunting, The English Patient and The King’s Speech.

He became particularly famous for aggressive Oscar campaigning and wielded extraordinary influence over awards season, actors, filmmakers and entertainment media.

That image collapsed in 2017.

Investigations published by The New York Times and The New Yorker documented allegations from women who accused Weinstein of sexual harassment, assault and rape.

More women subsequently came forward.

The allegations became a catalyst for the #MeToo movement, transforming a phrase originally created years earlier by activist Tarana Burke into a global reckoning over sexual misconduct, workplace power and accountability.

Weinstein denied engaging in nonconsensual sex.

But the allegations destroyed his company, ended his career and ultimately led to criminal prosecutions in New York and California.

Haley’s Case Survived Everything

What makes Wednesday’s sentence especially significant is the path Haley’s allegation took through the criminal justice system.

Her testimony helped produce the original conviction in 2020.

That conviction was overturned.

She returned to court.

She testified again.

A second jury heard the case.

And a second jury again found Weinstein guilty of sexually assaulting her.

The other portions of the New York prosecution produced different outcomes: Sokola’s allegation resulted in an acquittal, while juries were unable to reach a final verdict on Mann’s rape allegation before prosecutors ultimately dismissed that charge.

Haley’s conviction is the one that survived.

It is the conviction for which Weinstein has now received 15 years in prison.

The New York Chapter Reaches a Major Endpoint

The September 23 sentencing brings the trial-level New York prosecution closer to an endpoint after more than six years of extraordinary legal reversals.

There was a conviction.

Then a 23-year sentence.

Then an appellate victory for Weinstein that erased it.

Then another trial.

Another conviction.

Another hung jury.

Another retrial.

Another hung jury.

And finally, the dismissal of the remaining unresolved rape charge.

Now there is another sentence.

Fifteen years.

The legal story isn’t completely finished. Weinstein intends to appeal, and his California case still has its own sentencing issues to resolve.

But for the New York prosecutors who rebuilt their case after one of the most consequential #MeToo convictions was overturned, September 23 produced the result they had spent years pursuing.

Harvey Weinstein is once again a convicted sex offender in New York.

And at 74 years old, he has been sentenced to another 15 years in prison.