Miriam Haley

Only one young lady asked a very stupid question.

Um, but she was trying to make a point with her question, that the, the fact that I represented Harvey Weinstein, and I attacked the main witness against Harvey, Miriam Haley, um, was, uh, wasn't I propagating abuse of women by men or something like that.

Uh, you know, I said, I, I said respectfully, [laughs] I respectfully, vehemently disagree with your entire premise.

Um, and I said, you know, I, uh, they were like, "Well, why'd you defend him?" I was like, "I was defending his constitutional rights and those of everyone in the state of New York." "Oh, come on." I was like, "Look what happened with that case.

I have to study the facts on the L.A. cases.

But Mimi Haley was one.

Another one was named Jessica Mann.

They both repeatedly emailed, contacted Harvey Weinstein, flirted with him online, asked him for favors after they claimed the rapes to have taken place.

I'm not sure yet if part two's gonna be next week or the following week because I have a really Kind of timely episode coming out that I think I'm gonna bump up and put next week.

It has to do with a lot of what's been going on tragically in the news related to the Cornell Seven, and recently, as I think a lot of you know, I testified three times in the Harvey Weinstein trial as a secondary witness on behalf of one of my heroes, badass friend Mimi Haley.

And, you know, we just had the Harvey Weinstein sentencing.

So given all that's going on, I think I wanna bump up this episode, which has to do with kind of a spiritual witch, and justice, and justice jars.

Okay, let's get into his sentencing and his trials.

The 15-year sentence that he received this last week on September 23rd, um, happened in Manhat- in the Manhattan Supreme Court in front of Judge Curtis Farber, and this trial was about Miriam Haley.

She is his former production assistant, and she says that Harvey Weinstein forcibly assaulted her at his Soho apartment back in 2006.

Oh my gosh, 20 years ago.

Um, she's actually testified against him in two separate trials now.

Okay, because she was his assistant, so she, like, saw things happen with these other cases maybe?

So there were actually two trials involving Miriam Haley.

One of them was unfortunately thrown out-

Thank you.

Speaking of people who have spoken out about sexual assault, Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting former TV production assistant Miriam Haley at his Manhattan apartment in 2006.

Weinstein, 74, apologized to those affected by his actions and expressed remorse for Haley, but maintained his innocence and his lawyer's plan to appeal.

Weinstein has already served more than six years.

So on September 23, 2026, Weinstein, who is 74 years old at this point, gets sentenced to 15 years in prison plus five years of post-release supervision.

This is for a criminal sexual act involving Miriam Haley back in 2006.

Right.

And he also has to register as a sex offender.

Let's map this onto the actual timeline provided in the text.

Tarana Burke originally coined the phrase Me Too as an outreach tool for survivors all the way back in 2006.

2006, which is the exact same year of the Miriam Haley assault that anchored the Weinstein sentencing we were just talking about.

Exactly.

He's now been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

This all goes back to, uh, being convicted for sexually assaulting Miriam Haley in 2006.

Weinstein did apologize in court this week, uh, but continued to basically maintain his innocence and said that he plans to appeal.

This would not be the first time he appeals.