Harvey Weinstein was rushed to Bellevue Hospital after undergoing “alarming blood tests” as his representative confirmed the former film producer had been diagnosed with leukemia.
“Harvey Weinstein, who has suffered a lack of proper medical care and endured deplorable and inhumane conditions at Rikers Island, was sent to Bellevue for emergency treatment due to alarming blood test results that required emergency treatment. He was taken to the hospital,” the lawyer said. , Imran H. Ansari told FOX News Digital in a statement.
“He is expected to remain there until his condition stabilizes. His deprivation of treatment is not only medical malpractice, but a violation of his constitutional rights.”
Harvey Weinstein rushed from prison to hospital for emergency heart surgery
Harvey Weinstein, pictured in court in May, was rushed to hospital after undergoing “alarming” blood tests. (AP Photo/Julia Nickinson)
Weinstein's attorney, Judah Engelmayer, has confirmed that the disgraced movie mogul has been diagnosed with leukemia.
“Mr. Weinstein, who suffers from a number of illnesses, including leukemia, has been deprived of the medical attention that any sick person should receive, whether in prison or not. In many ways, this abuse is cruel. “This is an unusual punishment,” he said. Fox News Digital reported in a statement.
FOX News Digital has reached out to Rikers Island for comment.
Mr. Weinstein's team has been adamant in recent months about his declining health, insisting that he is “essentially untreated” for a variety of medical problems.
“All I can say is that he is not getting the treatment he deserves,” Weinstein's lawyer Arthur Aidala said after the court hearing in July. “He needs relief. We are very confident in the outcome of this trial…he will be acquitted. There is a lot of light at the end of the tunnel for Mr. Weinstein.”
Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with leukemia and other illnesses while awaiting trial for rape. (Getty Images)
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New York Court of Appeals Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction overturned In April, he ordered a new trial in a stunning reversal of the landmark #MeToo case.
In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that Weinstein's trial judge should not allow women who say he assaulted them, even if their accusations were not specifically related to the accusations against entertainment mogul Weinstein. , the court found that the prosecutor was authorized to call the prosecutor to testify.
Mr. Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison. Convicted in February 2020 In 2006, he was charged with forcing oral sex on television and film production assistant Mimi Haley, and in 2013 with third-degree rape of hairstylist Jessica Mann.
He was acquitted of first-degree rape and two counts of predatory sexual assault after he was accused of raping actor Annabella Sciorra in the 1990s. Weinstein denies engaging in nonconsensual sex.
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault in New York. (Seth Wenig)
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Weinstein's lawyers first filed an appeal in the New York case in January 2023. The appeal filed by Aidala argued that Weinstein did not receive a “fair trial.”
“Mr. Harvey is innocent and should never be convicted or even tried on these charges,” a representative for Mr. Weinstein told FOX News Digital at the time. “The trial lacked objectivity from the moment, before the judge entered the courtroom or the day's hearing began, former Judge Burke reprimanded Harvey over his cell phone use and asked if he would spend the rest of his life in prison. was lacking.
“As a result, Mr. Burke was removed from the courtroom, and this case should have been no different.” Although he was often gagged, the jury decided that he had steered himself in a direction he would never have gone if he had been honest.
Harvey Weinstein watches in court during the pretrial hearing of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was extradited from New York to Los Angeles to face sex-related charges, July 29, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Etienne Laurent/Poole/AFP via Getty Images)
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