California Court Upholds Weinstein Conviction, Resentencing

A California appeals court has upheld Harvey Weinstein's 2022 conviction for sexual assault but ordered a new sentencing hearing, a decision announced one day after prosecutors in New York dropped a separate case against the former film producer. The unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of California's 2nd District Court of Appeal on Friday, June 26, 2026, rejected Weinstein's bid for a new trial while finding his 16-year prison sentence must be revisited.

Weinstein, 74, was convicted in Los Angeles County in December 2022 on charges of forcible assault, forcible sexual penetration, and forcible oral copulation against an Italian model and actor, Evgeniya Chernyshova. She testified that Weinstein assaulted her in her hotel room during the 2013 LA Italia Film Festival. The jury acquitted him on one charge involving a massage therapist and could not reach verdicts on counts related to two other women.

In his appeal, Weinstein's legal team argued the trial was unfair, contending that Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench improperly limited testimony and prevented defense attorneys from questioning Chernyshova about private Facebook messages with the festival's head, Pascal...