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Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual assault (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

He's actually been in prison since 2020 and he's already served about 6 years of the 15 years announced today.

This happened because he was found guilty and sentenced. Then that conviction was thrown out and a new trial was ordered. This is the second trial outcome.