Harvey Weinstein was convicted Feb. 24 at his sexual assault trial, found guilty of a criminal sex act at his apartment in 2006, and third-degree rape of a woman in 2013. The jury found him not guilty on the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault, that could have resulted in a life sentence. The verdict followed weeks of often harrowing and excruciatingly graphic testimony from a string of accusers, who told of rapes, forced oral sex, groping, masturbation, and lewd propositions. The conviction was seen as a long-overdue reckoning for Weinstein after years of whispers about his behavior that gave rise to #MeToo, the global movement to encourage women to come forward and hold powerful men accountable for their sexual misconduct. The jury of seven men and five women took five days to find him guilty.

The New York Times and The New Yorker exposed his alleged misconduct in stories that would win the Pulitzer Prize.

On March 11, Weinstein was sentenced to 20 years for criminal sexual act in the first degree and three years for rape in the third degree against two women in New York, the sentences to be served consecutively. He was also sentenced to 10 years of post-release supervision for both charges.

Weinstein also faces charges in Los Angeles, where allegations against him came from more than 90 women, including actresses Gwyneth Paltrow, Salma Hayek and Uma Thurman.