Harvey Weinstein was rushed to the hospital from Rikers Island for emergency heart surgery Monday. The film producer's rape conviction was overturned in April.
Harvey Weinstein underwent emergency heart surgery on Monday. Weinstein, 72, was rushed from Rikers Island to Bellevue, his attorney Arthur Aidala confirmed to Fox 5. No other details were shared. The disgraced entertainment mogul has been housed at New York's Rikers Island jail as he serves out his 23-year sentence for a 2020 rape conviction.
Weinstein has been in and out of court after his rape conviction in New York was overturned in April. A judge tentatively set his rape retrial to begin Nov. 12. In late July, Weinstein was hospitalized with double pneumonia and COVID.
New York appeals court overturned Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction on April 25, ordering a new trial in a stunning reversal of a landmark #MeToo case. In a 4-3 decision, the court found that Weinstein's trial judge had allowed prosecutors to call as witnesses women who had said that Weinstein had assaulted them, even though their accusations did not specifically relate to the entertainment mogul's charges.
He was acquitted of first-degree rape and two counts of predatory sexual assault from actress Annabella Sciorra’s allegations of rape in the 1990s. Weinstein has denied ever engaging in non-consensual sex. Ultimately, the appeals court found that the trial judge should have only allowed witnesses to testify about the sexual assault encounters that Weinstein's charges stemmed from.
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