By Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul currently serving time for a sexual assault conviction while awaiting retrial on several additional charges, has been rushed from Rikers Island jail to Bellevue Hospital for an emergency surgery.
Weinstein, 72, was brought to the hospital on Sunday night and has since undergone a procedure and surgery on his heart.
“We can confirm that Mr. Weinstein had a procedure and surgery on his heart today,” Weinstein’s spokesman Juda Engelmayer and prison consultant Craig Rothfeld said in a statement to CNN on Monday.
“As we have extensively stated before, Mr. Weinstein suffers a plethora of significant health issues that need ongoing treatment,” they added.
A source familiar with the circumstances of the hospitalization said the surgical procedure was completed. Weinstein’s scheduled court appearance for Thursday is still set to occur unless a physician instructs him otherwise, the individual said.
In the event he cannot appear in person, the hearing could be delayed.
Weinstein’s defense counsel was notified in mid-August that a New York grand jury was considering evidence related to sexual assault allegations against the disgraced movie mogul. It is unclear if the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has secured a new indictment.
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