Weinstein in hospital after conviction overturned
By Vicky Wong
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalised just days after his 2020 rape conviction in New York was overturned, his lawyer has said.
Arthur Aidala said he was moved to a Manhattan hospital on Friday. He remains in jail after being separately convicted of rape in Los Angeles.
Mr Aidala said his client was “somewhat of a train wreck health wise”.
“It seems like he needs a lot of help, physically. He’s got a lot of problems,” he told AP.
Later, in a statement to CBS, the BBC’s US partner, Mr Aidala said Mr Weinstein had been taken to hospital after the New York City Department of Correction determined that he needed “immediate medical attention”.
“A myriad of tests are being performed on Harvey and he is being kept for observation,” he said.
A spokesperson with the corrections department said that Weinstein remained in custody at Bellevue.
He was moved on Friday to the Rikers Island jail complex from the Mohawk Correctional Facility where he had been since 2023.
