File photo of Harvey Weinstein arriving at his trial at New York State Supreme Court. Image: SOPA Images/SIPA USA/PA Images File photo of Harvey Weinstein arriving at his trial at New York State Supreme Court. Image: SOPA Images/SIPA USA/PA Images DISGRACED HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER Harvey Weinstein was taken to hospital in New York suffering from chest pains, hours after he was found guilty of rape and sexual assault.
He faces a minimum of five years and a maximum of 29 years in prison on the two felony convictions. Sentencing is due to take place on 11 March. Lead attorney Donna Rotunno promised an appeal, saying “the fight is not over” and applauded Weinstein for taking the decision “like a man”. “Abusers everywhere and the powerful forces that protect them should be on notice: There’s no going back,” it said in a statement.
But with many claims too old to prosecute, the jury considered charges related to just two: ex-actress Jessica Mann and former production assistant Mimi Haleyi. Weinstein, who has always said his sexual relations were consensual, was charged with raping former actress Mann in the DoubleTree hotel in midtown Manhattan in 2013.
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