The 70-year-old former "king" of cinema was convicted in December in the California megalopolis of rape and two sexual assaults, and faces up to 18 additional years in prison for these crimes.
In 2020, he had already been sentenced to 23 years in prison for similar acts during a trial in New York.
After having suffered several refusals, he however obtained in August the authorization to appeal this conviction.
Claiming his "innocence", he has already announced his intention to appeal the verdict in Los Angeles.
Harvey Weinstein, who produced award-winning films like 'Pulp Fiction' and 'The Artist', fell from his pedestal after press inquiries in 2017 accused him of being a sexual 'predator' in Hollywood.
These revelations had launched #MeToo, a global movement for the liberation of women's voices on gender-based and sexual violence.
In total, nearly 90 women, including actresses Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Rosanna Arquette, have accused him of harassment, sexual assault or rape.
But the statute of limitations has been exceeded in many of these cases, some dating back to 1977.
Half-hearted verdict
The California case involved four women, including Jennifer Siebel-Newsom, wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom.
During four weeks of hearings, they accused the producer in great detail of forcing them to have sex in hotels in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles between 2004 and 2013.
The prosecution portrayed Weinstein as an ogre whose stranglehold on Hollywood -- the films he produced have garnered more than 330 Oscar nominations and 81 statuettes -- long kept his victims from speaking out for fear of repercussions on their career.
The defense denied any coercion, ensuring that these were consensual and mutually beneficial relationships, while insisting on the lack of material evidence.
After two weeks of deliberation, jurors returned a mixed verdict: They found Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape and sexual assault on one of the plaintiffs, acquitted him on another and split for the last two, including Ms. Siebel-Newson.
The ex-producer is also charged in the United Kingdom for sexual assaults which date back to 1996.
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