Former Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years in Los Angeles rape conviction

Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced on February 23, 2023, to 16 years in prison for the rape of a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel room a decade ago. The sentence was handed down by a Los Angeles court. Weinstein is already serving a 23-year sentence for his separate 2020 conviction in New York for sex crimes. Photo: AFP

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Former Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein, who is already serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York, was sentenced in Los Angeles Thursday to an additional 16 years in prison for raping, U.S. media reported.

Weinstein's sentencing was held in downtown Los Angeles, in the western U.S. state of California, on Thursday morning, nearly two months after his Los Angeles trial concluded with a jury convicting him on three counts of rape and sexual assault, reported Variety, a top Hollywood trade publication.