
Harvey Weinstein returns to Rikers Island following shocking reversal of rape conviction
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Harvey Weinstein is having his 'medical needs tended to' upon his return to Rikers Island.
"Harvey is in the hands of NYC Department of Corrections and NYC H+H/Correctional Health Services and is having his medical needs tended to by DOCS and CHS," Craig Rothfeld, Weinstein's prison consultant and authorized DOCS representative, told Fox News Digital in a statement. "We are grateful for how smoothly they handled his eventual return to Bellevue's prison ward." Christina Dugan Ramirez is a freelance entertainment writer for Fox News Digital.
Weinstein’s representative, Juda Engelmayer, told Fox News Digital that Weinstein returned to Rikers Island on Saturday morning.
"At the same time, we‘re cautiously optimistic and are prepared to go to trial, if it comes to that," Engelmayer added. "There are fewer charges now and the deck isn’t going to be illegally stacked against him. While we all enjoy the same rights when it comes to our justice system, a defendant has an additional right to due process. We are glad the Appeals Court judges saw it that way."