Movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in jail for a rape and intercourse assault case that ignited the #MeToo motion in america.

The sentence in Manhattan state courtroom was lower than the utmost 29 years requested by prosecutors, however may quantity to an efficient life sentence for the 67-year-old Weinstein, who has been in apparently frail well being since being jailed  following his conviction Feb. 24.

The jail time period additionally was far larger than the 5 years his attorneys requested from Choose James Burke.

Hours after the sentence was imposed, the Los Angeles district legal professional's workplace stated it had begun the proceess of getting Weinstein extradited to California in order that he can face costs lodged in January that accused him of raping one girl and sexually assaulting a second girl over a two-day interval in 2013.

Watching within the Manhattan courtroom as Weinstein was sentenced have been the entire ladies who had testified towards the once-feared Hollywood mogul. They...