He is detained in New York awaiting a new trial in Manhattan, which is scheduled to begin on November 12.
The disgraced director Harvey Weinstein is located in intensive care recovering from a emergency heart operationas confirmed by his lawyer.
Weinstein, 72, was subjected to a emergency medical intervention in the hospital Manhattan Bellevue to remove fluid from his heart and lungs after complaining of chest pains during the weekend.
Your publicist Very Engelmayer and the prison advisor Craig Rothfeld confirmed the news, and Rothfeld identified the procedure as a pericardiocentesis surgery. He added that Weinstein he was not feeling well for several weeks and it was getting worse day by day.
The website of the City Department of Corrections was updated on Monday to show that Weinstein had been moved to the Hospital Bellevue from the West Center of Rikers Island, which is used for isolate inmates with contagious diseases like tuberculosis.
Earlier this year it was said that the imprisoned movie mogul I had the health of a “derailed train” and has used a wheelchair in recent court hearings.
“As we have stated on numerous occasions, Mr. Weinstein suffers from a plethora of major health problems that require ongoing treatment,” Engelmayer and Rothfeld stated Monday.
Weinstein has been in and out of Bellevue Hospital since returning to Rikers Island from state prison in April, after the Court of Appeals will annul his convictions for rape and sexual assault in 2020 and order a new trial.
In July, he was hospitalized with COVID-19 and pneumonia, his representatives said. Weinstein was found guilty on February 24, 2020 of first and third degree rape y sentenced to 23 years in prison.
After his conviction, Weinstein left the court by ambulancecomplaining of chest pains and hypertension. Later, a ‘stent’ was placed to unblock an artery.
In April, the New York Court of Appeals annulled his 2020 conviction for rape, considering that the trial judge issued inappropriate resolutions.
Three other sexual assaults
Last week, prosecutors revealed that they have begun taking steps to potentially charge him with up to three additional sexual assaults. They said they have begun presenting evidence to a grand jury of up to three indictments against Weinstein that had not been previously charged: two attacks in the mid-2000s and another in 2016.
A vote was expected soon on a possible new accusation. Weinstein has denied raping or sexually assaulting anyone. He remains detained in New York awaiting a new trial in Manhattan. The start of the next trial is provisionally scheduled for November 12. September 12 must appear again before the Court for a preview.
After the new trial, Weinstein must begin serving a 16 year sentence in California for another rape in Los Angeles, according to authorities. Weinstein was convicted in Los Angeles in 2022.
