Prosecutor Says Weinstein Sentence Should Reflect “Lifetime Of Sexual Abuse”

Disgraced movie moguel and #MeToo posterboy Harvey Weinstein is awaiting what will in all likelihood be a de facto life sentence for the nearly 70-year-old mogul, whose health has allegedly deteriorated significantly following his epic fall from grace, going from one of the most powerful men in Hollywood to a federal inmate in the span of three years.

As the world waits to see what Weinstein’s sentence will be, New York prosecutors on Friday filed a letter to judge James Burke in advance of Weinstein’s March 11 sentencing arguing that he should be held accountable for a “lifetime of abuse” in which he “trapped women into his exclusive control and assaulted or attempted to assault them.”

Weinstein should be punished not only for the crimes detailed during his trial, but for 36 other alleged cases of sexual harassment and assault, workplace abuse and even physically assaulting a reporter that have become part of the public record.

#HarveyWeinstein: state prosecutors just filed a sentencing letter on what they think Justice James Burke should consider when determining Harvey Weinstein’s sentence and that includes any prior bad acts that go beyond the allegations in their case. It’s an 11-page letter. pic.twitter.com/zwMw8jZ6Pv

— Marta Dhanis (@MartaDhanis) March 6, 2020

The 11-page letter was penned by Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi, who presided over the prosecution during Weinstein’s trial, where he was found guilty on two of the four charges. Though he evaded the most serious charge of predatory sexual assault, he will still likely face a decades-long sentence.

In the letter, Illuzzi-Orbon delivers a devastating account of the longtime Democratic donor’s vicious sexually-tinged crimes. “Throughout his entire adult professional life, Weinstein has displayed a staggering lack of empathy, treating others with disdain and inhumanity. He has consistently advanced his own sordid desires and fixations over the well-being of others,” she wrote.

Most of the letter is a stunningly long itemization of Weinstein’s alleged misconduct, drawing on a two-year investigation out of the New York district attorney’s office. She breaks the shocking litany up into three categories: “sexual assault and harassment,” “bad acts and behavior in the work environment” and “other bad acts.”

The trial evidence, the testimony of the six accusers who took the stand, and the additional allegations depict a person who has spent his entire adult life preying on women and those weaker than him.

Illuzzi-Orbon asked Judge Burke to “impose a sentence that reflects the seriousness of defendant’s offenses, his total lack of remorse for the harm he has caused, and the need to deter him and others from engaging in further criminal conduct.”

Weinstein was convicted Feb. 24 of third-degree rape and first-degree sexual assault involving two women. The recommended sentencing range is five to 25 years – which means it’s still possible that he could get off with a light enough sentence allowing him to spend his final years outside a jail cell.

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