The sentencing ends the disgraced Hollywood moguel's New York trial, which began in January.

He faces a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 29 years in prison for raping an aspiring actress in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on a production assistant in 2006.

Harvey Weinstein chose not to take the witness stand, avoiding the risk of having prosecutors grill him on cross-examination.

Next, Weinstein's lawyers will start calling witnesses of their own as the landmark celebrity trial moves one step closer to a verdict.

Opening statements and the first witness testimony are expected Wednesday in Weinstein’s New York City rape trial, where the possibility of life in prison looms.

The defence said it wasn't specifically targeting young women, but didn't want jurors who were too young to understand the way men and women interacted in the early 1990s.