Harvey Weinstein hospitalized days after his rape conviction was overturned as lawyer reveals health is a ‘train wreck’
HARVEY Weinstein has been hospitalized following his overturned conviction and a transfer to New York City jail.
Weinstein, 72, returned to Rikers Island on Friday after a higher court overturned his 2020 rape conviction.
His lawyer, Arthur Aidala, announced on Saturday that the mogul was transferred to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after his Friday arrival in New York City.
“They examined him and sent him to Bellevue. It seems like he needs a lot of help, physically,” Aidala said, according to local NBC news affiliate WNBC.
“He’s got a lot of problems. He’s getting all kinds of tests. He’s somewhat of a train wreck health wise.”
On Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals overturned the 72-year-old’s conviction in a 4-3 verdict claiming it was an unfair trial due to a mistake by the judge who oversaw the case more than four years ago.
During the trial, prosecutors called on multiple female witnesses who alleged Weinstein assaulted them but weren’t the direct subject of the allegations he was on trial for.
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