Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years for Sexual Assaults

Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years for Sexual Assaults
Harvey Weinstein leaves State Supreme Court in New York City, on Jan. 6, 2020. Seth Wenig/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault.

Weinstein, who has been accused of violating scores of women, was convicted last month of raping a woman in a New York City hotel room in 2013 and forcibly performing sexual acts on another woman at his apartment in 2006. He faced a maximum of 29 years in prison.