Harvey Weinstein (Johnsonverse)

Harvey Weinstein born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer and convicted sex offender. He and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films including Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989); The Crying Game (1992); Pulp Fiction (1994); and Heavenly Creatures (1994).
In October 1995, following sexual abuse allegations dating back to the late 1970s, Weinstein was fired from his company Miramax and expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Weinstein was arrested and charged with rape in New York in May 1996, and was found guilty of two of five felonies in February 1998. Weinstein was sentenced to 60 years in prison, and began serving his sentence at Wende Correctional Facility. In July 2000, he was extradited to Los Angeles to face further charges at a subsequent trial, where he was found guilty of three of seven charges in December 2001. He was sentenced to 16 years in the Los Angeles trial, and his California prison term must be served separately from his New York sentence.
 
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