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.

A tentative new trial date has been set for Harvey Weinstein in New York, following the overturning of his 2020 rape conviction. 

In a listening to Friday, Decide Curtis Farber estimated that jury choice may start on Nov. 12 for the brand new trial. In prior hearings, prosecutors have mentioned they’re investigating sexual assault claims from further ladies who’ve come ahead and will search for a attainable new indictment towards the previous Hollywood mogul.

Weinstein’s legal professional, Arthur Aidala, has maintained his shopper’s innocence and has been pushing for an earlier trial date, in September, as he says Weinstein is “struggling tremendously” in jail at Rikers Island as a consequence of a variety of medical points. 

On the authentic trial, in February 2020, Weinstein was discovered responsible of legal sexual assault within the first diploma, primarily based on the testimony of Miriam Haley, a former Venture Runway manufacturing assistant, and rape within the third diploma, primarily based on the testimony of aspiring actress Jessica Mann. He was acquitted on three different expenses, and was sentenced to 23 years in jail. 

After the conviction was overturned in April, Manhattan D.A. Alvin L. Bragg mentioned that he deliberate to retry that case towards Weinstein.

Weinstein was additionally convicted by a Los Angeles jury in 2022 on three counts towards Jane Doe No. 1, who has since come ahead as former Russian mannequin Evgeniya Chernyshova. Weinstein has additionally filed to enchantment that 16-year jail sentence.

Two days after Harvey Weinstein‘s rape conviction was overturned by the New York Courtroom of Appeals, the previous film mogul has been hospitalized.

Weinstein’s legal professional, Arthur Aidala, stated he was admitted to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for a battery of assessments, in line with The Related Press.

“They examined him and despatched him to Bellevue,” Aidala defined. “It looks as if he wants a number of assist, bodily. He’s received a number of issues. He’s getting every kind of assessments. He’s considerably of a prepare wreck health-wise.”

NYC Division of Correction spokesperson Frank Dwyer advised The Hollywood Reporter that Weinstein stays in custody whereas within the hospital. A consultant for the previous film producer advised THR that his jail marketing consultant and DOC liaison, Craig Rothfeld, stated they “are grateful for NYC DOC’s care and discretion as they’ve been treating Harvey Weinstein’s medical points as greatest they’ll.”

On Thursday, information broke that Weinstein’s rape conviction was overturned in New York with a 4-3 ruling that acknowledged the earlier New York County trial prejudiced him with improper ruling, together with ladies testifying about allegations that weren’t a part of the preliminary case.

The appeals courtroom — the very best in New York state — additionally famous {that a} new trial should happen. Weinstein is about to return to courtroom for the primary time since his conviction on Could 1, the Manhattan District Legal professional’s workplace stated Friday. Nonetheless, the D.A.’s workplace didn’t point out what the listening to could be about.

The D.A.’s workplace didn’t point out what Wednesday’s listening to could be about, nevertheless it reiterated its earlier assertion that “we’ll do all the things in our energy to retry this case.”

“Below our system of justice, the accused has a proper to be held to account just for the crime charged and, thus, allegations of prior dangerous acts might not be admitted towards them for the only objective of creating their propensity for criminality,” Choose Jenny Rivera wrote in her ruling. “Nor could the prosecution use ‘prior convictions or proof of the prior fee of particular, legal, vicious or immoral acts’ aside from to question the accused’s credibility. It’s our solemn obligation to diligently guard these rights whatever the crime charged, the popularity of the accused or the stress to convict.”

Weinstein was discovered responsible of legal sexual assault within the first diploma and rape within the third diploma in February 2020. His conviction adopted the testimonies of former Mission Runway manufacturing assistant Miriam Haley and once-aspiring actress Jessica Mann. He was sentenced to 23 years in jail.

In December 2022, he went to trial in Los Angeles and was additionally convicted of rape there, which suggests he’ll stay in jail even when a brand new trial is established in New York. The previous film mogul is anticipated to be transferred to a California jail to start serving his sentence.