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Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized once more and underwent coronary heart surgical procedure.
The disgraced media mogul, 72, was taken to Bellevue Hospital in New York on the night of Sunday, September 8, and had emergency coronary heart surgical procedure the subsequent day.
Weinstein’s consultant Craig Rothfeld confirmed to Us Weekly on Monday, September 9, that Weinstein was “rushed” to the hospital from Rikers Island, the place he’s presently being detained, “as a consequence of a number of medical situations.”
“We will verify that Mr. Weinstein had a process and surgical procedure on his coronary heart as we speak to take away fluid on his coronary heart and lungs,” Rothfeld advised Us Weekly. “He’s out of surgical procedure and in restoration. As we now have extensively said earlier than, Mr. Weinstein suffers a plethora of great well being points that want ongoing remedy. We’re grateful to the chief workforce on the New York Metropolis Division of Correction and Rikers Island for appearing swiftly in taking him to Bellevue Hospital. At the moment we would not have any additional particulars to share.”
Weinstein was admitted to Bellevue earlier this summer season after contracting COVID-19 and pneumonia in July. Rothfeld advised information shops on the time that Weinstein was admitted to the hospital for “situations that he’s nonetheless stricken with every day similar to diabetes, hypertension, spinal stenosis, fluid on his coronary heart and lungs, and varied different situations.”
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Rothfeld additionally revealed that his shopper had additionally “examined optimistic for COVID and contracted double pneumonia in his lungs.”
Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in jail after he was convicted of rape in 2020. Nevertheless, his sentencing was overturned by the New York State Court docket of Appeals in April on the idea that the unique trial decide had prejudiced Weinstein with improper rulings, which included permitting girls to testify concerning the allegations that weren’t part of the case.
“We conclude that the trial courtroom erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts in opposition to individuals aside from the complainants of the underlying crimes,” the courtroom’s resolution said, in response to the Related Press. “The treatment for these egregious errors is a brand new trial.”
Weinstein is now being held at Rikers Island as he awaits retrial in Manhattan Prison Court docket in November. Regardless of the conviction in New York being overturned, Weinstein stays imprisoned on different rape prices in Los Angeles. He was convicted of these crimes in 2022 and slapped with a 16-year jail sentence. (He was acquitted of 1 Los Angeles cost involving one of many girls who testified in New York.)
He was scheduled to look in courtroom on Thursday, September 12, in New York.
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