Disgraced former movie producer Harvey Weinstein is facing another major chapter in his long-running legal battle as a New York judge prepares to sentence him for the 2006 sexual assault of former television production assistant Miriam Haley.
Weinstein, 74, was convicted in 2025 following a retrial in Manhattan. Prosecutors are seeking a prison term of about 20 years, while the offence carries a potential maximum sentence of 25 years. Haley is expected to address the court and deliver a victim-impact statement during the proceedings.
The latest sentencing comes more than six years after Weinstein was first imprisoned in New York. In 2020, he was sentenced to 23 years after being convicted of sexually assaulting Haley and raping aspiring actress Jessica Mann.
However, New York’s highest court overturned those convictions in 2024, finding that Weinstein had not received a fair trial because of decisions concerning testimony about allegations that were not part of the charges.
The ruling led to a retrial and reopened one of the most closely watched criminal cases to emerge from the #MeToo era.
At the 2025 retrial, jurors again found Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act involving Haley.
They acquitted him on a separate sexual-assault allegation brought by former model Kaja Sokola but could not reach a verdict on the rape charge involving Mann.
That unresolved charge went to another trial this year, but the jury deadlocked. New York prosecutors subsequently decided not to pursue a fourth trial after Mann said she could not endure another courtroom proceeding.
The decision left Weinstein convicted of the Haley assault while ending the state’s prosecution of the separate rape allegation.
Weinstein has consistently denied allegations of sexual wrongdoing. His legal saga has nevertheless transformed his public standing.
Once one of Hollywood’s most influential producers, he was associated with successful films including Pulp Fiction and Shakespeare in Love before a series of investigations brought allegations from more than 80 women into the public arena.
The revelations published by The New York Times and The New Yorker in 2017 helped trigger the global #MeToo movement, prompting widespread discussions about sexual harassment, abuse of power and accountability in the entertainment industry.
Weinstein’s legal troubles also extend beyond New York. In California, he was convicted in 2022 of rape and sexual assault and sentenced to 16 years in prison. A California appeals court upheld the conviction in June 2026 but ordered a new sentencing hearing after determining that the original sentence could not stand.
The New York proceedings therefore represent another significant stage in a legal saga that has stretched across more than a decade.
Weinstein remains in custody while his cases continue through the courts, with the latest sentencing expected to determine the punishment attached to his renewed New York conviction.
