A California appeals court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for Harvey Weinstein concerning his rape and sexual assault convictions, while upholding the guilty verdicts. The original 16-year sentence was based on an aggravating factor that has since been invalidated due to the overturning of his New York conviction. Weinstein’s total prison term remains undecided as he is currently incarcerated in New York.

• A California appeals court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for Harvey Weinstein.
• The court upheld Weinstein’s convictions for raping and sexually assaulting Evgeniya Chernyshova.
• The original 16-year sentence was based on an aggravating factor that has since been invalidated.
• This invalidating factor stems from the overturning of Weinstein’s 2020 New York conviction.
• Weinstein’s attempts to overturn the California jury’s guilty verdicts were rejected.