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Date:2025-04-16 13:59:42
Harvey Weinstein is facing a series of health setbacks following a recent hospitalization.
The movie mogul, who in recent years has been embroiled in legal battles due to various sexual assault allegations, was hospitalized for a "myriad of health conditions," Weinstein's representative Craig Rothfeld confirmed to USA TODAY in an emailed statement Sunday. He was taken to the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward in New York City.
Weinstein, 72, is being treated for the "conditions that he is still afflicted with on a daily basis such as diabetes, high blood pressure, spinal stenosis, fluid on his heart and lungs and various other conditions," Rothfeld added.
In addition to his preexisting conditions, Weinstein tested positive for COVID-19 and contracted double pneumonia while in hospital care.
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Weinstein's hospitalization follows an April stay at Bellevue for his ailing health. The film producer's attorney Arthur Aidala told The Associated Press and TMZ at the time that Weinstein's health was a "train wreck."
Harvey Weinstein faces retrial after rape conviction overturned
In February 2020, Manhattan jurors found Weinstein guilty on rape charges, but New York Court of Appeals judges threw out the conviction in April.
This spring, they found that the embattled Hollywood heavyweight did not receive a fair trial because a judge improperly allowed testimony by accusers that Weinstein had not been formally charged with assaulting.
Earlier this month, prosecutors revealed in a Manhattan district court that they intend to charge Weinstein for "additional violent sexual assaults" after more women agreed to testify. The new accusers have not been publicly identified, and prosecutors are seeking to shield certain evidence from public view while they prepare to seek a new grand jury indictment.
During a July 19 hearing, Judge Curtis Farber set a tentative court date of Nov. 19 for Weinstein’s retrial, signaling he was also open to an earlier trial date in September depending on how pretrial discovery plays out.
Harvey Weinstein legal trouble:Movie mogul's New York sex crimes retrial set to begin in November
The disgraced media mogul has denied wrongdoing or having any non-consensual sexual encounters with anyone. He is being held in New York City's Rikers Island jail ahead of his retrial.
Weinstein's conviction was a major turning point for the #MeToo movement as women raised their voices in a revolutionary movement that opened the floodgates for accusations of bad behavior committed by powerful men in entertainment, finance and politics.
Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after a jury found that the Miramax film studio co-founder sexually assaulted former production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and raped aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013. He was also sentenced to 16 years following a separate rape trial in California, although he has not begun serving the sentence.
Contributing: Jay Stahl and Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY; Staff and wire reports
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