The convicted felon also suffered from “a myriad of health conditions,” a prison counselor told NBC News.
A representative for imprisoned former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein confirmed to NBC News on Thursday that the disgraced disgraced former movie mogul was hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19 and double pneumonia while dealing with “a myriad of health conditions.”
The failed Hollywood executive is currently in a prison wing of Bellevue Hospital, dealing with “conditions he still suffers from on a daily basis, including diabetes, high blood pressure, spinal stenosis, fluid in his heart and lungs, and many other conditions,” prison consultant Craig Rothfeld told the newspaper.
“In addition, Mr. Weinstein tested positive for COVID-19 and developed double pneumonia in both of his lungs,” Rothfeld added.
Weinstein's attorney did not immediately respond. rolling stoneRequest comment.
Weinstein's health update comes just weeks after he appeared in Manhattan criminal court for a disclosure and compliance hearing on July 9. There, Assistant Attorney General Nicole Bloomberg noted that prosecutors are continuing to investigate an alleged “violent matter” with the possibility of additional charges being filed against him during an upcoming trial, according to the Associated Press.
Bloomberg claimed that the investigation into new allegations from other women accused of assault had delayed prosecutors’ summoning of a grand jury. In May, Bloomberg said, “Some people who were not willing to speak up in 2020 now seem willing to do so.”
Weinstein was convicted of first-degree sexual assault and third-degree rape at the original trial in February 2020. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison based on testimony from Miriam Haley and Jessica Mann. Weinstein was also acquitted of three other charges, including two counts of predatory sexual assault, as well as first-degree rape.
In a 77-page decision, the New York Court of Appeals panel ruled that the judge who presided over Weinstein’s trial, Judge James M. Burke, should not allow prosecutors to allow defendants whose allegations were not part of the charges against him to testify at trial.
