Appeals Court Upholds Harvey Weinstein’s L.A. Rape Conviction But Orders New Sentence

Jun 26, 2026 3:19pm PT Appeals Court Upholds Harvey Weinstein’s L.A. Rape Conviction But Orders New Sentence

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 3: Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court for his retrial at Manhattan Criminal Court on June 3, 2025 in New York City. Harvey Weinstein faces a retrial on rape and sex assault charges for which a previous 2017 conviction was overturned by an appeals court that ruled the way witnesses were handled was unlawful. (Photo by David 'Dee' Delgado-Pool/Getty Images)

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An appeals court on Friday rejected Harvey Weinstein‘s bid to overturn his rape conviction in Los Angeles, but ordered a lower court judge to resentence him.

Weinstein, 74, was convicted in 2022 of sexually assaulting a model at the L.A.-Italia Film Festival, and sentenced to 16 years in prison. On appeal, his lawyers argued that the trial judge improperly withheld sexually suggestive Facebook messages between the accuser and another man that would have undermined her credibility and helped to establish an alibi.

Appeals Court Upholds Harvey Weinstein’s L.A. Rape Conviction But Orders New Sentence

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