Disgraced movie producer and Democrat mega-donor Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday following his convictions for rape and sexual assault.
His lawyers had asked the court for a lenient jail term of five years in consideration of his ill health, but the judge sentenced the predatory Weinstein, who was acquitted of more serious charges of predatory sexual assault and first-degree rape, to nearly the maximum sentence of 29 years.
“I feel remorse for this situation. I feel it deep in my heart. I’m really trying to be a better person,” said Weinstein, who reportedly was wheeled into the courthouse in a wheelchair in a pathetically transparent bid for sympathy.
“He’s miserable but trying to be optimistic as best he can,” said a Weinstein spokesman. “He has had a lot of time to think about his life and be humbled, but he thinks it’s going to be a long, uphill battle from here.” Yes, 23 years long.