Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in New York sexual assault case
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in his Manhattan apartment in 2006, closing the New York chapter of a legal saga that helped ignite the #MeToo movement.
TL;DR
- Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
- The sentence is for a 2006 sexual assault of Miriam Haley.
- The assault occurred in Weinstein's Manhattan apartment.
- This closes the New York legal chapter of the case.
- The legal saga helped ignite the #MeToo movement.