Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in hospital after conviction overturned
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Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction was recently overturned, but the one-time movie mogul remains in jail after being separately convicted in Los Angeles.
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalised days after his 2020 rape conviction in New York was overturned, his lawyer says.
Weinstein, 72, who remains in jail after being separately convicted of rape in Los Angeles, was moved to the Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan on Saturday for tests, Authur Aidala said.
“It seems like he needs a lot of help, physically. He’s got a lot of problems. He’s getting all kinds of tests. He’s somewhat of a train wreck health-wise,” Aidala told The Associated Press news agency.
Weinstein was moved on Friday to the Rikers Island jail complex from the Mohawk Correctional Facility where he had been since 2023.
The one-time movie executive’s lawyers have previously said he was ailing with a variety of afflictions, including cardiac issues, diabetes, sleep apnea, and eye problems. In 2020, he spent five days in hospital for heart problems and chest pains.
