Harvey Weinstein is battling a number of well being points within the jail hospital…together with coronavirus and pneumonia.
Weinstein has been transferred to the Bellevue Hospital jail ward in Manhattan, the place he’s being handled for diabetes, hypertension, spinal stenosis and different illnesses… His representatives, Very Engelmaierconfirmed to TMZ.
Weinstein’s crew mentioned he additionally examined constructive for COVID-19 and double pneumonia. The well being replace was first reported Thursday nbc information.
As we reported … Weinstein awaits retrial in New York rape case. Conviction overturned in spring.
In the meantime, his authorized crew can also be searching for to overturn one other rape conviction in California – one he filed final month. File a brand new enchantment.
All through the high-profile trial, Weinstein maintained his innocence.
It is the second time in three months that the disgraced film mogul has been hospitalized in Bellevue. He went there for a checkup in April, and one in all his attorneys instructed CNN on the time that Weinstein’s well being was dire. It’s kind of like a “practice wreck.”