Harvey Weinstein, the former US filmmaker, has been sentenced to 16 more years in prison.
A court sitting in Los Angeles handed the sentence to the former movie producer on Thursday — three months after he was convicted of rape and sexual assault.
Weinstein was sentenced for the rape of an actress and model — named only in court as Jane Doe 1 — at a hotel in Los Angeles in 2013.
The jury found Weinstein, whose treatment of women triggered the #MeToo movement in 2017, guilty of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault.
Jane Doe 1 broke down in tears in court while describing the impact of what Weinstein had done to her over a decade ago.
“Ten years later, the effects of this rape are still raw and difficult to discuss. I have been carrying this weight, this trauma. This irrational belief that it was my fault,” she said.
“There is no prison sentence long enough to undo the damage.”
Jane Doe 1 was the only woman allowed to give a victim statement in court.
The 70-year-old will serve the jail term after completing his 23-year sentence for a sexual misconduct conviction in New York in 2020.
The former filmmaker begged for leniency as he was handed the latest sentence.
It is also most likely he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Weinstein has been accused by more than 90 women of sexual misconduct.
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