Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalised following his overturned rape conviction and a transfer to New York City jail.
The disgraced former Hollywood producer, 72, returned to Rikers Island on Friday after a higher court overturned his 2020 New York rape conviction.
His lawyer, Arthur Aidala, announced on Saturday that the mogul was transferred to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after his Friday arrival in the Big Apple.
“They examined him and sent him to Bellevue. It seems like he needs a lot of help, physically,” Aidala said, according to WLBT.
“He’s got a lot of problems. He’s getting all kinds of tests. He’s somewhat of a train wreck health wise.”
After speaking with his client, Aidala confirmed that Weinstein’s ailments are all physical and not mental.
Mentally, he is “sharp as a tack. Feet are firmly planted on the ground,” said Aidala.
He also claimed that Weinstein was not being treated well by prison officials during the transition.
“They refused to give him even a sip of water, no food, no bathroom break,” Aidala said. “He’s a 72-year-old sickly man.”
Weinstein has been dealing with eye issues, diabetes, and sleep apnoea, per the Associated Press.
On Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals overturned the 72-year-old’s conviction in a 4-3 verdict claiming it was an unfair trial due to a mistake by the judge who oversaw the case more than four years ago.
During the movie mogul’s trial, prosecutors called on multiple female witnesses who alleged Weinstein assaulted them but weren’t the direct subject of the allegations he was on trial for.
Lawyer Gloria Allred, who represented Weinstein’s accuser, Mimi Haley, during the 2020 trial, has ripped the Court of Appeal’s decision calling it a “significant step backward for the Me Too movement.”
She said Haley would consider taking the stand again in another trial.
“Even though the process of testifying was gruelling and retraumatizing for Mimi, she reaffirmed to me today that she would consider testifying again if District Attorney Alvin Bragg decided to proceed with a new trial of Harvey Weinstein,” Allred said in a statement to The US Sun.
“I commend Mimi on her courage and willingness to keep standing up for the truth.”
News.com.au has reached out to Bellevue Hospital for comment.