Harvey Weinstein examined optimistic for COVID-19 and contracted double pneumonia, a licensed consultant confirmed Thursday.
Weinstein, who’s awaiting retrial in his New York felony case and is interesting his California conviction, can be coping with diabetes, hypertension, spinal stenosis and fluid on his coronary heart and lung, the consultant mentioned. He is presently on the Bellevue Hospital Jail Ward, in response to New York Metropolis Division of Correction information.
The previous Hollywood mogul has been hospitalized a number of instances in recent times. He was dropped at Bellevue Hospital with chest pains in 2020 shortly after he was sentenced to 23 years behind bars on rape and felony sexual act prices.
Weinstein additionally underwent a coronary heart process at Bellevue to open a blocked artery after his conviction, CBS New York reported.
He was additionally hospitalized in April shortly after an appeals court docket ruling overturned his 2020 rape conviction. On the time, his lawyer, Arthur L. Aidala, instructed CBS Information in a press release that the New York Metropolis Division of Correction “decided that Mr. Weinstein wanted instant medical consideration. A myriad of exams are being carried out on Harvey and he’s being stored for statement.”
“Harvey Weinstein was used to ingesting champagne and consuming caviar and now he is on the commissary paying for potato chips and M&Ms,” Aidala mentioned in Might. “Mentally, he is fantastic. He is sharp as a tack. However bodily, he is been breaking down for years.”
Weinstein remained behind bars after his New York conviction was overturned as a result of he was convicted in a separate case in California.
Prosecutors in New York are pursuing a new trial for Weinstein. It is anticipated to start someday after Labor Day. Weinstein’s attorneys final month appealed his Los Angeles conviction. He was discovered responsible in that case and sentenced to 16 years in jail in 2023.
Weinstein has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct. He is appeared in court docket in recent times utilizing a walker and a wheelchair.
