Harvey Weinstein, 72, is hospitalized after returning to Rikers Island following the shocking overturn of his rape conviction
Harvey Weinsteins The lawyer has said that the former movie mogul was hospitalized for a series of tests after returning to New York City.
Attorney Arthur Aidala said that after arriving at the city jails on Friday, Weinstein was transferred to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan.
Aidala said, “They investigated him and sent him to Bellevue. It seems like he needs a lot of help physically.
‘He has a lot of problems. He gets all kinds of tests. Health-wise, he’s kind of a train wreck.”
The New York Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the disgraced film producer did not receive a fair trial when he was convicted in 2020.
Weinstein, 72, has served 23 years in a New York prison for the two sexual assaults against aspiring actress Jessica Mann and production assistant Mimi Haleyi. He received an additional 16 years following his 2022 LA sentencing.
Attorney Arthur Aidala said Weinstein, seen here in 2020, was transferred to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after arriving at city jails on Friday
The ruling concluded that a judge allowed jurors to see and hear too much evidence not directly related to the charges he faced. It also canceled his 23-year prison sentence and ordered a new trial.
Prosecutors said they plan to retry him on charges that he forcibly performed oral sex on a TV and film production assistant in 2006 and raped an aspiring actor in 2013.
Weinstein remained in custody after the appeal ruling because he was convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 of a new rape and was convicted 16 years in prison.
Weinstein has been battling a variety of conditions for some time, including heart problems, diabetes, sleep apnea and eye problems.
Aidala said he spoke to Weinstein on Friday afternoon after he was in transit from an upstate New York prison, less than 24 hours after the appeal ruling, which was released Thursday morning.
He said his client’s ailments are physical, adding that mentally he is “sharp as a tack.” Feet are firmly on the ground.’
The attorney said it usually takes a week or two for state corrections and prison officials to transport an inmate.
‘He was not treated well. They refused to give him even a sip of water, no food, no toilet breaks,” Aidala said. “He’s a 72-year-old sickly man.”
Aidala said he was told that Bellevue doctors planned to perform many tests on Weinstein before he could be returned to the prison complex on Rikers Island.
The lawyer said he will meet with Weinstein on Monday. He added that he plans to tell a judge when Weinstein goes to court in Manhattan on Wednesday that a new trial should take place after Labor Day.