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Former film producer Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized after being transferred from a prison outside New York City to a prison in Manhattan.
He was examined in prison and then taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, one of the largest hospitals in the United States. “It looks like he needs a lot of help,” his lawyer said. “He’s going through all kinds of tests. He is a wreck in terms of health,” his lawyer Arthur Aidala told the AP news agency, among others.
Heart problems
His lawyer calls Weinstein, who was convicted of rape, “a 72-year-old man whose health is failing. ” In recent years he has struggled with heart problems, diabetes, sleep apnea and eye problems. His lawyer says his client is “razor sharp”. After the investigation, the intention is that Weinstein will be returned to the prison island of Rikers Island, an island near LaGuardia airport.
Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York in 2020 for raping and sexually assaulting two actresses. Last week that sentence was suspended because, according to the court did not receive a fair trial. However, he is still behind bars because he was sentenced to prison for rape in Los Angeles. There he got it 16 years in prison.
2024-04-27 22:08:41
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