Harvey Weinstein has been rushed back to the hospital after a "concerning blood test" result came through, said his lawyer. The fallen film titan, aged 72, had to be taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for urgent medical care due to a worrying result from his blood test that needed immediate attention, Imran Ansari revealed.
According to Ansari's statement, Weinstein is expected to stay hospitalised until he gets stable and it pointed out that he supposedly suffered from "deprivation of care" after a recent legal submission. The statement also claimed: "His deprivation of care is not only medical malpractice, but a violation of his constitutional rights."
Questions put to New York City's Department of Correction remain unanswered as of now, although their inmate records have confirmed Weinstein's move from Rikers Island to Bellevue's Hospital Prison Ward.
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Having been in the city's clutches since his 2020 rape conviction was chucked out by the New York Court of Appeals earlier this year, Weinstein is biding his time till a 2025 retrial. Weinstein has consistently denied all accusations.
A recent legal document by Weinstein's legal team accuses the city of giving him dire medical treatment despite his various health issues, including chronic myeloid leukaemia and diabetes, reports the Mirror.
"When I last visited him, I found him with blood spatter on his prison garb, possibly from IV's, clothes that had not been washed for weeks, and he had not even been provided clean underwear - hardly sanitary conditions for someone with severe medical conditions," Ansari said in a statement that likened Rikers Island to a "gulag."
The troubled jail complex, located on an island in New York City's East River, has faced growing scrutiny for its mistreatment of detainees and dangerous conditions. Last week, a federal judge cleared the way for a possible federal takeover of the jail system, finding the city had placed its incarcerated population in "unconstitutional danger."
A publicist for Weinstein, Juda Engelmayer, echoed the allegation in a statement Monday. "Mr. Weinstein, who is suffering from a number of illnesses, including leukemia, has been deprived the medical attention that someone in his medical state deserves, prisoner or not," he said. "In many ways, this mistreatment constitutes cruel and unusual punishment."
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