Harvey Weinstein was rushed to the hospital for emergency heart surgery

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Harvey Weinstein was rushed to the hospital for emergency heart surgery
Harvey Weinstein was rushed to the hospital for emergency heart surgery

Disgraced film mogul taken from Rikers Island prison last night after experiencing chest pains, representatives say

The disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was rushed from prison to a New York City hospital for emergency heart surgery after he experienced chest pains, his representatives told US media.

“Mr Weinstein was rushed to Bellevue Hospital last night due to several medical conditions,” Weinstein representatives Craig Rothfeld and Juda Engelmayer said in a statement first reported by ABC News. 

“We can confirm that Mr Weinstein had a procedure and surgery on his heart today however cannot comment any further than that.”

In April, New York’s top court overturned Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault convictions and ordered a new trial. The state’s court of appeals found that the judge in the 2020 trial unfairly allowed testimony from women whose claims against Weinstein were not part of the case.

But Weinstein now faces the prospect of a new indictment in New York, where the Manhattan district attorney’s office has begun presenting evidence to a grand jury of up to three previously uncharged allegations against Weinstein – two sexual assaults in the mid-2000s and another sexual assault in 2016.

Thomas Brown

Rikers Island prison, Harvey Weinstein

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