Harvey Weinstein Hospitalized Once Again, Reportedly Has Leukemia

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Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized. The 72-year-old former film producer is now at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, less than a week after suing the City of New York due to “deplorable conditions” at Rikers Island jail, via Deadline.

The convicted rapist has repeatedly been hospitalized since first being convicted of sex crimes by a NYC jury in early 2020. Keep reading to find out more… “Harvey Weinstein, who has been suffering from a lack of adequate medical care and enduring deplorable and inhumane conditions on Rikers Island, has been transported to Bellevue Hospital for emergent treatment due to an alarming blood test result that requires immediate medical attention,” said his attorney Imran H.

Ansari in a statement. “It is expected that he will remain there until his condition stabilizes. His deprivation of care is not only medical malpractice, but a violation of his constitutional rights.” Juda Engelmayer, his longtime PR man, provided more info in an additional statement. “Mr.

Weinstein, who is suffering from a number of illnesses, including leukemia, has been deprived the medical attention that someone in his medical state deserves, prisoner or not,” he said, adding: “In many ways, this mistreatment constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.” This is the third time the disgraced film exec has been at Bellevue.