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Images of the exterior of a Los Angeles criminal court where convicted sex offender and formre movie industry tycoon Harvey Weinstein is due to be sentenced later today. IMAGES
"That sentence that was just handed down by this court was obscene, that number was obnoxious," says Donna Rotunno, Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer, after he is sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault in a landmark case for the #MeToo movement. SOUNDBITE
Harvey Weinstein's legal team have claimed he may die in jail if he's sentenced to more than five years behind bars.
Arthur Aidala, a defense lawyer for Harvey Weinstein, says "the appellant lawyers think there are plenty of appellant issues" after the fallen Hollywood mogul was convicted of sex assault and rape, but was cleared of predatory sexual assault charges. IMAGES
Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at court in New York as jury deliberations continue in his sex assault trial. Gloria Allred, an attorney representing two women involved in the trial, said last week that the jury is hung on two counts of sexual predatory conduct. IMAGES