The prison term, along with the 23 years Harvey Weinstein received in 2020 for a similar conviction in New York, amounts to a likely life sentence for the 70-year-old.
A jury deadlocked on most counts against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, but did convict him in one woman's assault and acquit him in another woman's.
Harvey Weinstein's defense lawyers told a jury that the testimony against his client came down to, "'Believe us because we're mad, believe us because we cried.'"
Jennifer Siebel Newsom faced cross-examination by Harvey Weinstein's lawyers, who noted that her testimony at trial had been more detailed than what she initially told prosecutors.
The massage therapist who testified that disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein had repeatedly assaulted her was asked by his lawyers if she allowed his behavior as a quid pro quo for a book deal.
A massage therapist with a high-end client base testified that Weinstein repeatedly coerced her into non-consensual sexual situations that she was too scared to report.
