Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with bone marrow cancer, reports say

Jailed Hollywood shaper is being treated successful situation for chronic myeloid leukaemia, US media outlets report.

Hollywood shaper Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with bony marrow cancer, media outlets successful the United States person reported.

Weinstein, who became the astir infamous look of the #MeToo epoch aft dozens of women accused him of intersexual harassment and assault, is being treated successful situation for chronic myeloid leukaemia, NBC News and ABC News reported connected Monday, citing unnamed sources.

Chronic myeloid leukaemia, besides known arsenic chronic myelogenous leukaemia, is simply a benignant of crab that starts successful the blood-forming cells of the bony marrow and invades the blood, according to the American Cancer Society.

It makes up astir 15 percent of leukaemia cases successful adults, according to the organisation.

The reports travel arsenic Weinstein is awaiting a caller proceedings successful New York aft an appeals tribunal threw retired his 2020 convictions for rape and intersexual assault.

The New York State Court of Appeals ruled 4-3 that the justice successful the archetypal lawsuit had wrongly allowed prosecutors to contiguous allegations that were not portion of the charges.

Weinstein was not released from situation aft the determination arsenic helium is besides serving a 16-year situation condemnation successful Los Angeles for rape and intersexual assault.

He is besides being prosecuted implicit a newer allegation that helium sexually assaulted a pistillate astatine a Manhattan edifice successful 2006.

The 72-year-old movie mogul past period pleaded not blameworthy to 1 number of transgression enactment enactment successful the archetypal grade successful that case.

He has insisted that each intersexual encounters helium was progressive successful were consensual.

Weinstein, whose accumulation location Miramax released blockbusters specified arsenic Shakespeare In Love and Pulp Fiction, has reportedly faced a myriad of wellness issues since his imprisonment.

Last month, helium underwent exigency bosom country to region fluid successful his lungs and heart, according to his representatives.

In July, the once-powerful movie enforcement was hospitalised for a scope of conditions including COVID-19 and treble pneumonia, according to his representatives.