<p>Former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein faces up to 18 years in prison when he is sentenced Monday in Los Angeles for raping a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel a decade ago.</p>.<p>The Oscar-winning former producer, 70, is already serving a 23-year sentence on his 2020 conviction in New York for sex crimes.</p>.<p>A second long sentence increases the likelihood that the producer of acclaimed films like <em>Shakespeare in Love</em>, <em>Pulp Fiction</em>, <em>Scream</em> and <em>Gangs of New York</em>, will spend the rest of his life in prison even as he appeals both cases.</p>.<p>In the Los Angeles case, he was convicted on December 19 for forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual penetration by a foreign object of a woman whose name was withheld from court and only identified as "Jane Doe #1."</p>.<p>A weeks-long trial heard graphic descriptions of encounters between the once-powerful producer and women who were trying to make their way in the world of movies.</p>.<p>Prosecutors painted a picture of a predatory ogre, who for years used his professional status to rape and abuse women with impunity.</p>.<p>His victims were left terrorized and afraid for their careers if they spoke out against a man who dominated Tinseltown, prosecutors said.</p>.<p>While he was convicted in the Los Angeles case of assaulting one woman, the jury acquitted him of sexual battery involving a second.</p>.<p>They did not reach a verdict on charges relating to the alleged assaults of two other women, one of whom was identified by her lawyers as former actress/filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom.</p>.<p>Weinstein planned to appeal the case.</p>.<p>"Harvey is obviously disappointed in the verdict. He knows what happened and what never did," his spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, said after the conviction.</p>.<p>"The account of Jane Doe #1 has a strong legal basis for an appeal, as the logistics of the time and location of the alleged incident make no sense," said Engelmayer.</p>.<p>In New York last June, Weinstein lost his first appeal of his verdict and sentence in the state's intermediate appellate court.</p>.<p>But he has further appealed to the higher New York Court of Appeals.</p>.<p>Rumors of Weinstein's impropriety had circulated in Hollywood for years, but his position at the apex of the industry meant few were prepared to challenge him.</p>.<p>That all changed in 2017 with the publication of bombshell allegations against him, ushering in the #MeToo movement and opening the floodgates for women to speak out against sexual violence in the workplace.</p>.<p>Dozens of women have since alleged they fell victim to Weinstein's predatory behavior.</p>
<p>Former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein faces up to 18 years in prison when he is sentenced Monday in Los Angeles for raping a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel a decade ago.</p>.<p>The Oscar-winning former producer, 70, is already serving a 23-year sentence on his 2020 conviction in New York for sex crimes.</p>.<p>A second long sentence increases the likelihood that the producer of acclaimed films like <em>Shakespeare in Love</em>, <em>Pulp Fiction</em>, <em>Scream</em> and <em>Gangs of New York</em>, will spend the rest of his life in prison even as he appeals both cases.</p>.<p>In the Los Angeles case, he was convicted on December 19 for forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual penetration by a foreign object of a woman whose name was withheld from court and only identified as "Jane Doe #1."</p>.<p>A weeks-long trial heard graphic descriptions of encounters between the once-powerful producer and women who were trying to make their way in the world of movies.</p>.<p>Prosecutors painted a picture of a predatory ogre, who for years used his professional status to rape and abuse women with impunity.</p>.<p>His victims were left terrorized and afraid for their careers if they spoke out against a man who dominated Tinseltown, prosecutors said.</p>.<p>While he was convicted in the Los Angeles case of assaulting one woman, the jury acquitted him of sexual battery involving a second.</p>.<p>They did not reach a verdict on charges relating to the alleged assaults of two other women, one of whom was identified by her lawyers as former actress/filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom.</p>.<p>Weinstein planned to appeal the case.</p>.<p>"Harvey is obviously disappointed in the verdict. He knows what happened and what never did," his spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, said after the conviction.</p>.<p>"The account of Jane Doe #1 has a strong legal basis for an appeal, as the logistics of the time and location of the alleged incident make no sense," said Engelmayer.</p>.<p>In New York last June, Weinstein lost his first appeal of his verdict and sentence in the state's intermediate appellate court.</p>.<p>But he has further appealed to the higher New York Court of Appeals.</p>.<p>Rumors of Weinstein's impropriety had circulated in Hollywood for years, but his position at the apex of the industry meant few were prepared to challenge him.</p>.<p>That all changed in 2017 with the publication of bombshell allegations against him, ushering in the #MeToo movement and opening the floodgates for women to speak out against sexual violence in the workplace.</p>.<p>Dozens of women have since alleged they fell victim to Weinstein's predatory behavior.</p>