Judge James Burke ignored the pleas of Weinstein’s defense team to give their client the minimum of five years behind bars.
The sentencing marked a major milestone in the #MeToo movement, which gained momentum after several women went public with their complaints against Weinstein.
Weinstein, 67, was found guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree on February 24, in a verdict hailed by the #MeToo movement. “He has been using and abusing people his whole life,” said prosecutor Joan Illuzzi after Weinstein was rolled into the courtroom in a wheelchair for the hearing.
for which he could have been sentenced to life in prison. He also was acquitted of first-degree rape.told Burke before he was sentenced, according to Variety. “I think men are confused about all of this … this feeling of thousands of men and women who are losing due process, I’m worried about this country.”
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