Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Thursday to 16 more years in prison for the rape of a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel room, increasing the likelihood that the disgraced Hollywood mogul will spend the remainder of his life behind bars.
Weinstein was ordered by a Los Angeles court to serve the latest sentence — for the assault of a European actress a decade ago — after he has completed his 23-year sentence for another sex crimes conviction in New York.
Attending court in a wheelchair, the 70-year-old Oscar-winning “Shakespeare in Love” producer begged the judge for “mercy.”
“Please don’t sentence me to life in prison. I don’t deserve it. There are so many things wrong with this case,” he said.
But Judge Lisa Lench handed him three consecutive sentences totalling 16 years for forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by a foreign object, and forcible rape.
The actress, whose identity was not revealed, had tearfully called on the judge to give Weinstein “the maximum sentence allowable.”
“His selfish, disgusting actions have greatly impacted my life,” she said.
“There is no prison sentence long enough to undo the damage.”
Weinstein’s lawyers said they plan to file an immediate appeal of the Los Angeles conviction — which was announced by a jury in December
