In court on Wednesday, two of Mr. Weinstein’s victims gave emotional statements about the damage he had done to them. Miriam Haley, who testified that Mr. Weinstein forced oral sex on her in 2006, said he had forever altered her life, crushing her spirit.

“He, with physical force, violated my trust, my body and my basic right to reject his sexual advances,” she said. “I showed up not as a perfect victim, but as a human being.”

Jessica Mann, an aspiring actress who testified that Mr. Weinstein had raped her in a Manhattan hotel in 2013, asked for a lengthy prison sentence, saying it was time for “people who rape other humans” to pay a heavy price.

“I’m not going to give any more power over to the man who already stole my body,” Ms. Mann said.

Given a chance to speak, Mr. Weinstein gave a rambling, 10-minute speech to the court. He said that he thought his relationships with the women were consensual and suggested that he was the victim of a rush to judgment.

“We may have different truths, but I have great remorse for all of you,” he said, addressing his accusers, but never apologizing to them. “I have great remorse for all the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country.”

He said the #MeToo movement was similar to the Red Scare of the 1950s and compared himself to the screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was jailed and blacklisted after joining the Communist Party. “I think that is what is happening now all over this country,” Mr. Weinstein said.

Still, Mr. Weinstein, who listed his work for charities and achievements in the film industry, said his empathy for others had grown in the last two years. “I really feel remorse for this situation,” he said. “I feel it deeply in my heart. I’m really trying, I’m really trying to be a better person.”