Disgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein returned to New York on Saturday night for a series of tests after the city’s highest court overturned his 2020 conviction on sex crime charges. He was rushed to the hospital.
As Breitbart News reported, the 4-3 ruling overturned one of the #MeToo movement’s defining cases, but Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years for rape in California. He will continue to be imprisoned.
.@NilteNC: The Harvey Weinstein trial was a “classic case of conviction.” https://t.co/23WRmQjYaG
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 25, 2024
“The New York City Department of Corrections has determined that Mr. Weinstein requires immediate treatment,” his attorney Arthur L. Aidala said in a statement. Said AFP said in a statement.
“Numerous tests have been performed on Harvey and he is being held for observation.”
Police confirmed that the Oscar winner was taken to New York’s Bellevue Hospital.
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer Arthur Aidala speaks to the press in New York on April 25, 2024. On April 25, the New York State Supreme Court overturned Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on sex crime charges. In a 4-3 decision, the appeals court judges found errors in the way the trial was conducted, including allowing testimony from a woman who was not involved in the charges against him. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)
Weinstein, 72, was found guilty in a New York court in 2020 of rape and sexual assault of former actress Jessica Mann in 2013 and of forced oral sex on former production assistant Mimi Haley in 2006. received.
He was later sentenced to 23 years in prison.
His lawyer, Arthur Aidala, said in a statement to the press that he was badly treated during the recent trial, saying: “They didn’t give him a sip of water, they didn’t give him food, they didn’t give him a bathroom break. ” he added. He is a 72-year-old sickly man. ”
Harvey Weinstein is no longer honorary commander of the British Empire. It was revealed on Friday that the Queen has stripped the disgraced former Hollywood movie mogul of her award after she was found guilty of rape in February. https://t.co/BQpKNr4zfg
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) September 18, 2020
“We are cautiously excited” by the court’s decision to overturn the ruling, Weinstein’s spokeswoman Judah Engelmayer said in a statement.
“He still has a long road ahead of him because of the Los Angeles incident. We are currently studying the impact of the appeal,” Engelmayer said.
