Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape, sexual assault

A file picture of Harvey Weinstein arriving at the New York Criminal Court for another day of jury deliberations in his sexual assault trial. Photo: REUTERS

NEW YORK (AP): Harvey Weinstein, 67, was sentenced Wednesday (March 11) to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the Hollywood mogul's multitude of accusers thought they would never see.

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 oral sex on another woman at his apartment in 2006.