Harvey Weinstein has been rushed to hospital with a ‘myriad of health conditions’ including Covid and double pneumonia just days after he appeared wheelchair- bound in court.
The convicted rapist, 72, was transported to the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward, New York Corrections Department records show.
His representative said his ailing client is suffering from Covid-19, as well as pneumonia on both lungs.
The diagnoses paint a perilous picture for the disgraced movie mogul, who is ‘still afflicted on a daily basis’ with a host of conditions, including ‘diabetes, high blood pressure, spinal stenosis, fluid on his heart and lungs’, his spokesman Craig Rothfeld told DailyMail.com.
Weinstein has been pictured looking increasingly gaunt in recent days, including at a July 19 court appearance in New York, where he had to be wheeled in and out of the pretrial hearing.
Harvey Weinstein has been rushed to hospital with a ‘myriad of health conditions’ including Covid and double pneumonia just days after he appeared wheelchair bound in court on July 19
‘We continue to express our gratitude to the officers, doctors and nurses at DOCS, CHS, and NYC H+H who saw to it that Mr. Weinstein was immediately transferred to the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward and will continue working hand in hand with them to ensure Mr. Weinstein receives proper medical treatment,’ Rothfeld said in a statement to DailyMail.com.
Weinstein was convicted in New York and Los Angeles for a string of sex offences and had been serving a 23 year sentence on the east coast.
In the New York case, he was found guilty of sexual assault against former production assistant Miriam Haley and rape of aspiring actress Jessica Mann.
However, the charges were overturned earlier this year after a state appellate judges ruled that he did not receive a fair hearing.
The New York Court of Appeals determined that women who made allegations about Weinstein, but did not form part of the criminal complaint, should not have been allowed to testify at the trial.
A tentative new date was set for a retrial at the July 19 appearance, with jury selection set to begin on November 12.
Weinstein remains in prison as his conviction in Los Angeles for rape and sexual assault still stands.
The convicted rapist, 72, was taken to the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward, New York Corrections Department records show just days after the appearance at Manhattan Criminal Court on July 19
The ailing producer was previously spotted leaving hospital in a wheelchair back in April
He was given a 16 year sentence for three counts of sexual assault against Russian model Evgeniya Chernyshova, for which he has filed an appeal.
At the height of his powers, Weinstein was the most influential man in Hollywood.
But his world came crashing down in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct first reported in the New York Times, which went on to form the basis of the #MeToo movement.
In recent court appearances, the ailing producer has been wheelchair bound, looking sickly and pale.
In April, he was sent to Bellevue for a barrage of medical tests. At the time, his lawyer described him as a ‘train wreck health-wise’.
Arthur Aidala said his client’s problems were all physical, adding that mentally he is ‘sharp as a tack. Feet are firmly planted on the ground.’
The lawyer said Weinstein was ‘not treated well’ by prison staff.
In addition to his new diagnoses, Weinstein has a raft of pre-existing conditions including ‘diabetes , high blood pressure, spinal stenosis, fluid on his heart and lungs’
Weinstein was convicted in New York and Los Angeles for a string of sex offences and had been serving a 23 year sentence on the east coast. Pictured: Weinstein with (L-R)Taylor Swift, Este Haim, actress Jaime King and Lorde in 2015
The New York case saw him convicted for the sexual assault of Miriam Haley (left) and rape of Jessica Mann (right) but has since been overturned by an appeals court. Weinstein remains in prison in connection with his LA conviction
‘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.’
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg vowed to do ‘everything in our power’ to retry the case, adding his office, ‘remains steadfast in our commitment to survivors of sexual assault.’
If his second appeal against his Los Angeles conviction is successful, the shamed film boss could walk free.