Harvey Weinstein jailed for 23 years – BBC News

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BBC News reported on Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood movie producer, who received a 23 year prison sentence for repeated sexual attacks on women over a period of several years.

The disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. He was found guilty in a trial in New York last month, a dramatic fall from grace for one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures. The BBC’s New York Correspondent Nick Bryant reports.

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Weinstein was found guilty of rape and sexual assault in a trial in New York.


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