EXCLUSIVE: Harvey Weinstein, 74, 'Resigned to Dying Behind Bars' After New 15-Year Prison Sentence
Sept. 24 2026, Published 2:45 p.m. ET
Harvey Weinstein is said to have become "resigned to dying behind bars" after being handed a new 15-year prison sentence as he battles a series of serious health problems, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The 74-year-old disgraced Hollywood producer was sentenced in Manhattan on Wednesday, September 23, for sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley, 49, at his New York apartment in 2006.
Harvey Weinstein 'Understands What the Reality Could Be'
Weinstein, who has already spent six years behind bars, was convicted at a retrial in 2025 after his original 2020 conviction and 23-year sentence were overturned by New York's highest court.
A source familiar with Weinstein's situation claimed to Radar: "Harvey has increasingly resigned himself to the possibility that he is going to die behind bars. At his age, with his health and now another 15-year sentence, he understands what the reality could be.
"He still insists he is innocent and intends to keep fighting through the courts, so he has certainly not given up legally. But physically he ha...