Onetime Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein is to be sentenced on Thursday for the 2013 rape of an actress in Los Angeles.
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They said a “high-term” penalty of 24 years was called for because of the prior conviction, rather than a “mid-term” sentence of 18 years that California law would otherwise prescribe, absent additional “aggravating” factors.Article content The team’s sentencing brief was filed under seal because it contains references to confidential medical information, Werksman said.Weinstein was convicted of rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual penetration by a foreign object stemming from an assault on a former model and actress, identified in court as Jane Doe 1, at a Los Angeles hotel in February 2013.
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