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New York: Jailed ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein underwent emergency heart surgery at a New York City hospital on Monday, his representatives said.
Weinstein, 72, was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan from the Rikers Island jail complex late on Sunday “due to severe medical conditions,” his publicist Juda Engelmayer and prison consultant Craig Rothfeld said.
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court in Los Angeles in October 2022.Credit: AP
“We can confirm that Mr Weinstein had a procedure and surgery on his heart today,” they said, declining further comment on his condition.
News of Weinstein’s hospitalisation was first reported by ABC News.
Weinstein has been in an out of Bellevue Hospital since returning to Rikers Island from state prison in April after an appeals court overturned his 2020 rape and sexual assault convictions and ordered a new trial.
In July, he was hospitalised for treatment for a variety of health problems including COVID-19 and pneumonia in both lungs, his representatives said.
The state’s Court of Appeals found that the judge in the 2020 trial unfairly allowed testimony from women whose claims against Weinstein weren’t part of the case.
Last week, prosecutors disclosed that they’ve begun taking steps to potentially charge him with up to three additional sex assaults.