In a Manhattan courtroom, Harvey Weinstein — once among the most powerful figures in American cinema — was sentenced for the second time to 15 years in prison for the sexual assault of production assistant Miriam Haley, a crime committed in 2006 that took nearly two decades and two trials to formally reckon with. The case, which helped ignite the global #MeToo movement, wound through the American legal system with unusual complexity: a 2020 conviction overturned on procedural grounds, a retrial ordered, and a jury once again finding him guilty. That a survivor chose to return to the stand a se
Weinstein sentenced to 15 years for sexual assault in retrial
Miriam Haley, the assault survivor, reported the assault caused devastating and potentially permanent effects on her life and sense of security.