because in New York the former Hollywood
producer Harvey Weinstein has been
sentenced to 23 years in prison for the
rape and sexual assault of two women our
North America correspondent Nick Bryant
was in court there was joy in this
moment for the victims of Harvey
Weinstein that the convicted rapist will
spend so long behind bars that their
voices have finally been heard in court
Jessica man and Mimi Haley delivered
victim statements describing how he'd
ruin their lives and then had to listen
to Weinstein's rambling remarks in which
he expressed remorse for the women but
also the men going through this crisis
then came the sentencing twenty-three
years they were gasps in the courtroom
as the sentence was read out not least
because it's so severe most legal
analysts had expected 10 to 15 years
so from this courthouse in Manhattan a
punishment that will echo around the
world this is what justice looks like
20-plus three years the model to Raleigh
Woolf was one of the women who testified
during the trial for the first time I
can say I feel a sense of happiness I
guess
because this isn't a happy circumstance
to be that we're all here for but I feel
joyous this is very severe what's your
response Harvey Weinstein's defense team
had sold the minimum sentence of five
years in prison
he faces 23 I think that number is a
cowardly number to give I think the
judge caved just as I believe the jury
caved and I am not happy but it's the
feelings of wine stains victims that
matter and for the model Ambra battle
Annika Terry's that number 23 is
especially poignant I was 23 when he
assaulted me
that is the number when my life was
ruined so let's say any response to
today's sentence from his limousine to a
prison van from the red carpets of
Hollywood to the notorious Rikers Island
jail in New York a me-too message
especially to men of power that wealth
and menace offer no immunity from
prosecution Nick Brown BBC News New York