A fragile looking Harvey Weinstein showed up in a Manhattan courtroom this morning for proceedings in his upcoming new New York sex crimes trial.
Entering the hearing in a wheelchair through a side door, this was the first public appearance of the much accused and convicted producer since it emerged he has cancer — specifically, chronic myeloid leukemia.
The news that Weinstein is receiving treatment for bone marrow cancer followed the incarcerated producer’s emergency heart and lung surgery in September.
Additionally, Weinstein is facing a new indictment against him stemming from an allegation by an as-yet-unnamed accuser. Weinstein’s health and legal woes had become increasingly intertwined even before his cancer diagnosis.
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