Harvey Weinstein Rushed to Hospital For Heart Surgery

Harvey Weinstein was taken to Bellevue Hospital in New York Sunday evening and underwent coronary heart surgical procedure Monday. 

In accordance with Weinstein’s representatives, Craig Rothfeld and Juda Engelmayer, Weinstein was “rushed” to the hospital “on account of a number of medical situations.” They didn’t remark additional on the present state of his well being.  

“We are able to affirm that Mr. Weinstein had a process and surgical procedure on his coronary heart at this time nonetheless can’t remark any additional than that. As we have now extensively acknowledged earlier than, Mr. Weinstein suffers a plethora of great well being points that want ongoing remedy. We’re grateful to the manager crew on the New York Metropolis Division of Correction and Rikers Island for appearing swiftly in taking him to Bellevue Hospital,” Rothfield and Engelmayer stated. 

Weinstein is being held at Rikers Island as he awaits a retrial in November, after his 2020 rape conviction in New York, and 23-year sentence, was overturned in April. He has a court docket look scheduled in that case in New York Thursday. Weinstein may additionally face extra indictments, as a grand jury has been impaneled and offered with of as much as three beforehand uncharged allegations in opposition to Weinstein, in response to media stories.

Weinstein was additionally hospitalized in July after contracting COVID-19 and pneumonia. His legal professional, Arthur Aidala, stated earlier that month that Weinstein was “struggling tremendously” from a variety of illnesses, together with fluid in his coronary heart and in his lungs, spinal stenosis, macular degeneration in his eyes and excessive blood sugars associated to his diabetes and the excessive carbohydrate meals being served at Rikers Island.