Harvey Weinstein Taken To NYC Hospital For Emergency Heart Surgery, His Representatives Say
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Jailed ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein underwent emergency heart surgery at a New York City hospital on Monday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jailed ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein underwent emergency heart surgery at a New York City hospital on Monday, his representatives said.
Weinstein, 72, was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan from the Rikers Island jail complex late Sunday “due to severe medical conditions,” his publicist Juda Engelmayer and prison consultant Craig Rothfeld said.
“We can confirm that Mr. Weinstein had a procedure and surgery on his heart today,” they said, declining further comment on his condition.
News of Weinstein’s hospitalization was first reported by ABC News.
Weinstein has been in an out of Bellevue Hospital since returning to Rikers Island from state prison in April after an appeals court overturned his 2020 rape and sexual assault convictions and ordered a new trial.
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