Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison in New York Sexual Assault Retrial
Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Curtis Farber sentenced 74-year-old former film producer Harvey Weinstein to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for the 2006 sexual assault of Miriam Haley.
The sentencing decision
Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Curtis Farber handed down a 15-year prison sentence on Wednesday to Harvey Weinstein for sexually assaulting former television production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006. The charge of first-degree criminal sex act carried a potential maximum sentence of up to 25 years. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg requested 20 years in state prison alongside five years of post-release supervision, stating that the defendant had exhibited no remorse. Weinstein's defense attorneys requested a 9-year term, arguing that the 74-year-old suffers from chronic health conditions including blood cancer and heart disease. Judge Farber rejected the defense petition and observed that Weinstein would be remembered as the face of the MeToo reckoning.
You had it all. Your legacy could have been cemented with greatness. But you threw it all away by assaulting Miriam Haley.
- Defense request
- 9 years
- Imposed sentence
- 15 years
- Prosecution request
- 20 years
- 2020 initial sentence
- 23 years
- Statutory maximum
- 25 years
Courtroom statements
Haley, who worked as a production assistant on Project Runway, addressed the court on Wednesday morning accompanied by attorney Gloria Allred. In her victim impact statement, Haley described the enduring trauma of the 2006 assault at Weinstein's Soho apartment and recounted facing public smearing by defense representatives over the subsequent seven years. Seated in a wheelchair, Weinstein spoke directly to the court, expressing regret while continuing to dispute the criminal allegations. Spokesperson Juda Engelmayer and defense representatives stated that appellate lawyers will challenge the legality of the conviction and sentence.
It is a life sentence for me.
I live with many regrets and sincerely apologize for my actions.
Appeals and retrials
Wednesday's hearing marks the culmination of proceedings that began with investigative reporting by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey in 2017 and Weinstein's arrest in 2018. A New York jury initially convicted Weinstein in March 2020 of assaulting Haley and raping aspiring actress Jessica Mann at a Manhattan hotel in 2013, yielding a 23-year prison sentence. In 2024, the New York Court of Appeals overturned that verdict because the trial judge permitted testimony from women whose allegations were not part of the indictment. A retrial concluded on June 11, 2025, with a guilty verdict for the assault on Haley, an acquittal regarding model Kaja Sokola, and a deadlock on the Mann charge. A subsequent retrial on the Mann charge ended in a hung jury in May 2026, prompting prosecutors to dismiss that count when Mann declined to testify again.
- Weinstein is arrested in New York on sexual assault charges
- New York court sentences Weinstein to 23 years following trial conviction
- Los Angeles jury convicts Weinstein, resulting in a 16-year sentence
- New York Court of Appeals overturns 2020 conviction and orders a retrial
- Retrial jury finds Weinstein guilty of sexual assault against Miriam Haley
- Retrial on Jessica Mann charge ends in hung jury; prosecutors dismiss count
- California appeals court upholds conviction but orders resentencing
- Judge Curtis Farber sentences Weinstein to 15 years in prison
Parallel California proceedings
Weinstein has already served more than six years behind bars, spending portions of his New York trials housed at the Rikers Island jail complex. In 2022, a California court convicted him of separate sexual offenses, handing down a 16-year sentence. A three-judge California appellate panel ruled in June 2026 that the underlying guilty verdict would stand, but directed the lower court to conduct a resentencing hearing. With no date yet scheduled for that California hearing, the New York sentence ensures Weinstein remains incarcerated under state custody.
