# Harvey Weinstein Harvey Weinstein is the American film producer, co-founder of Miramax and The Weinstein Company, whose exposure in October 2017 reporting by *The New York Times* and *The New Yorker* set off the [[MeToo Movement]]. He was convicted of rape in Los Angeles in 2022, a conviction a California appeals court upheld in June 2026 while ordering him resentenced, and in September 2026 a New York judge sentenced him to 15 years for a 2006 sexual assault; he has denied any non-consensual sex. > [!note] Stub > This is a short entry that hasn't been fully written yet. ## Connections - [[MeToo Movement]] — the movement his case set off - [[Elite Impunity]] — the pattern of settlements that kept the allegations quiet for years