HARVEY Weinstein has been hospitalized following his overturned conviction and a transfer to New York City jail.
Weinstein, 72, returned to Rikers Island on Friday after a higher court overturned his 2020 rape conviction.
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His lawyer, Arthur Aidala, announced on Saturday that the mogul was transferred to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after his Friday arrival in New York City.
“They examined him and sent him to Bellevue. It seems like he needs a lot of help, physically,” Aidala said, according to WLBT.
“He’s got a lot of problems. He’s getting all kinds of tests. He’s somewhat of a train wreck health wise.”
After speaking with his client on Friday afternoon, Aidala confirmed that Weinstein’s ailments are all physical and not mental.
Mentally, he is “sharp as a tack. Feet are firmly planted on the ground,” said Aidala.
He also claimed that Weinstein was not being treated well by prison officials during the transition.
“They refused to give him even a sip of water, no food, no bathroom break,” Aidala said. “He’s a 72-year-old sickly man.”
Weinstein has reportedly been dealing with multiple health issues, including cardiac and eye problems, diabetes, and sleep apnea.
On Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals overturned the 72-year-old’s conviction in a 4-3 verdict claiming it was an unfair trial due to a mistake by the judge who oversaw the case more than four years ago.
During the movie mogul’s trial, prosecutors called on multiple female witnesses who alleged Weinstein assaulted them but weren’t the direct subject of the allegations he was on trial for.
Attorney Gloria Allred, who represented Weinstein’s accuser, Mimi Haley, during the 2020 trial, has ripped the Court of Appeal’s decision calling it a “significant step backward for the Me Too movement.”
She said Haley would consider taking the stand again in another trial.
“Even though the process of testifying was grueling and retraumatizing for Mimi, she reaffirmed to me today that she would consider testifying again if District Attorney Alvin Bragg decided to proceed with a new trial of Harvey Weinstein,” Allred said in a statement to The U.S. Sun.
“I commend Mimi on her courage and willingness to keep standing up for the truth.”
Weinstein was once a powerful studio boss behind dozens of blockbuster films, including Pulp Fiction, Scream, and Good Will Hunting.
In 2017, rumors of sexual misconduct began circulating after articles were published in The New York Times and The New Yorker.
Dozens of women, including actresses Salma Hayek, Gwenyth Paltrow, and Ashley Judd accused Weinstein fo sexual harassment, while others claimed that he raped them.
During his downfall, he received a lifetime ban from the Producers Guild of America and was kicked out of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
He was also removed as head of The Weinstein Company, which subsequently filed for bankruptcy.
His wife, Georgia Chapman, filed for divorce, and women around the globe started sharing the hashtag “#metoo” to come forward with their own experiences of sexual violence.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to Bellevue Hospital for comment.
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Reuters‘He’s got a lot of problems,’ said his attorney, Arthur Aidala (center)[/caption]
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