NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer said Saturday that the former movie mogul was hospitalized for a battery of tests upon his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling that overturned his 2020 rape conviction.
Attorney Arthur Aidala said Weinstein was transferred to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan upon his arrival Friday at the city’s jails.
“They examined him and sent him to Bellevue. It looks like he needs a lot of help, physically. He has a lot of problems. He’s doing all kinds of tests. He’s a train wreck in terms of his health,” Aidala said.
A message left with the hospital was not immediately returned Saturday.
Frank Dwyer, a spokesman for the New York City Department of Corrections, said only that Weinstein remains in custody at Bellevue. Thomas Mailey, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, said Weinstein was turned over to the city Department of Corrections in accordance with the appeal ruling. Weinstein was housed at the Mohawk Correctional Center, about 100 miles northwest of Albany.
On Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals overturned his conviction after concluding that a trial judge allowed jurors to see and hear too much evidence not directly related to the charges he faced. He also erased his 23-year prison sentence and ordered a new trial.
Prosecutors said they intend to retry him on charges that he forcibly performed oral sex on a TV and film production assistant in 2006 and raped an aspiring actor in 2013.
Weinstein remained in custody after the appeal ruling because he was convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 of another rape and was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
For some time, Weinstein has suffered from a variety of illnesses, including heart problems, diabetes, sleep apnea and eye problems.
Aidala said she spoke with Weinstein on Friday afternoon after he was in transit from an upstate prison to New York City, less than 24 hours after the appeal decision, which was released Thursday morning. -fair.
He said his client’s ailments are physical, adding that mentally he is “pierced.” His feet are firmly planted on the ground.”
The lawyer said it typically takes a week or two for state jail and prison authorities to be able to transport a prisoner.
“He was not treated well. They refused to give him a drink of water, food, or a bathroom break,” Aidala said. “He is a sick 72-year-old man.”
Mailey, the state prisons spokeswoman, had no comment when Aidala’s comments about Weinstein’s treatment were read to him over the phone.
Aidala said he was told that Bellevue doctors planned to perform several tests on Weinstein before he could be returned to the Rikers Island prison complex.
The lawyer said he has an appointment with Weinstein on Monday. He added that he plans to tell a judge when Weinstein appears in court Wednesday in Manhattan that a new trial should take place after Labor Day.
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