Manhattan prosecutors walked into Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing hearing Wednesday and dropped a claim they had been sitting on: they say they have jailhouse recordings of the disgraced Hollywood mogul offering an unnamed podcaster $1.75 million to release videos meant to “contaminate the jury pool” and reach jurors before and after trial.
They refused to name the podcaster. They did not say anyone took the money.
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years on Wednesday by Justice Curtis Farber on the 2025 conviction for a first-degree criminal sex act against former Project Runway production assistant Miriam “Mimi” Haley in 2006.
The 74-year-old, rolled in by wheelchair from Rikers, pleaded for mercy, called himself “not a violent man,” and said he had “remorse” for Haley. The judge called him a “sexual predator” who threw away a titan’s legacy.
The Gateway Pundit reported the 15-year sentence earlier on Wednesday.
Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg told the court the recordings captured Weinstein offering the money so videos of witnesses could be released “to contaminate the jury pool and to reach the jurors before and after the trial.”
She accused him of a “scheme to disrupt the trial and instill fear in his victims.” She still would not identify the host.
According to The New York Post, there is only one podcaster who is publicly known to have conducted on-camera interviews with Weinstein from Rikers Island and released a series built around those jailhouse videos: Candace Owens.
Her 2025 Harvey Speaks series featured Weinstein insisting he was “wrongfully convicted,” attacking the #MeToo payout culture, and claiming the difference between “immoral” and “illegal.”
The interview is here:
Candace Owens pushed back on X, calling the speculation an “intentional smear.” She said she “was not paid or even offered payment” for her interview with Weinstein and denied receiving money from him or anyone associated with him.
Owens wrote:
“Would appreciate a community note on this intentional smear. For the record, I did not accept nor would I have ever accepted one red cent to cover this case.
I was not paid by Harvey Weinstein, or any Harvey Weinstein friend, business associate, corporation, PR firm or otherwise.
So that we are beyond clear here— I was not paid or even offered payment for my interview. I cover cases that I am interested in and I do it entirely for free, always.
And if any lawyer suggested otherwise, they are lying to cover for their lying ass clients. Any other questions?”
Would appreciate a community note on this intentional smear.
For the record, I did not accept nor would I have ever accepted one red cent to cover this case.
I was not paid by Harvey Weinstein, or any Harvey Weinstein friend, business associate, corporation, PR firm or…— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) September 23, 2026
Weinstein’s spokesman, Juda Engelmayer, called the prosecutors’ framing “patently untrue.” He said Weinstein “never offered or paid anyone $1.75 million to influence a jury,” that “no money was paid, no such deal was made,” and that treating jailhouse talk about media coverage as a criminal “scheme” was “inflammatory and misleading.”
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