Last Updated on 10/09/2024 by Arun jain
Incarcerated Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has undergone emergency heart surgery after being rushed to a hospital in New York.
Weinstein, 72, was transferred from Rikers Island prison to Bellevue Hospital in New York to undergo a procedure to remove fluid from his heart and lungs, his representatives said Monday.
“We can confirm that Mr. Weinstein had his heart procedure and surgery today,” his prison consultant Craig Rothfeld and publicist Judah Engelmeyer said in a statement.
Weinstein’s representatives have previously said that the film mogul suffers from various health conditions, including diabetes, high blood pressure, spinal stenosis and fluid in his heart and lungs.
In July, his reps said he was hospitalized for covid and pneumonia in both lungs.
Weinstein was hospitalized after the New York appeals court in April His 2020 rape and sexual assault convictions were thrown out on the grounds that he did not get a fair hearing.
Jury selection for a new trial for the disgraced filmmaker is tentatively scheduled for November.
Weinstein was also sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2022 in a separate sex crime case in Los Angeles.
His lawyers are seeking a retrial in the California case after his conviction was overturned in New York.
In 2017, The New York Times and The New Yorker detailed allegations of sexual assault and harassment against Weinstein spanning decades, starting the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment.
Weinstein, who has been accused of misconduct by more than 80 women, has denied engaging in any non-consensual sexual activity.
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