Harvey Weinstein rushed to hospital after 'alarming blood test'

Harvey Weinstein has been taken to infirmary aft an "alarming humor trial result", his lawyers person said.

The 72-year-old required "immediate aesculapian attention" pursuing the trial and was taken from the Rikers Island jailhouse analyzable to Bellevue Hospital successful New York City, according to his lawyers.

Weinstein's lawyers said: "Harvey Weinstein, who has been suffering from a deficiency of capable aesculapian attraction and enduring deplorable and inhumane conditions connected Rikers Island, has been transported to Bellevue Hospital for emergent attraction owed to an alarming humor trial effect that requires contiguous aesculapian attention.

"It is expected that helium volition stay determination until his information stabilises."

They added: "His deprivation of attraction is not lone aesculapian malpractice, but a usurpation of his law rights."

The erstwhile movie mogul is awaiting a retrial implicit his 2020 rape and intersexual battle conviction, which was overturned by New York's highest tribunal successful April.

The lawsuit is acceptable to beryllium retried successful 2025. Weinstein has denied immoderate wrongdoing.

Last period his lawyers filed a ineligible assertion against New York City alleging helium is receiving substandard aesculapian attraction successful unhygienic conditions astatine the jail.

The announcement of the assertion accuses the installation of failing to negociate Weinstein's aesculapian conditions, which see chronic myeloid leukaemia and diabetes.

It besides accuses it of negligence, ranging from "freezing" conditions to a deficiency of cleanable clothes.

The ineligible assertion seeks $5m (£3.9m) successful damages.

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Weinstein had exigency surgery to region fluid astir his bosom and lungs successful September and successful July helium was successful infirmary aft investigating affirmative for COVID-19 and contracting treble pneumonia.

His spokesperson said: "Mr Weinstein, who is suffering from a fig of illnesses, including leukaemia, has been deprived the aesculapian attraction that idiosyncratic successful his aesculapian authorities deserves, captive oregon not.

"In galore ways, this mistreatment constitutes cruel and antithetic punishment."

He was convicted successful Los Angeles successful 2022 of different rape. His 16-year condemnation successful that lawsuit inactive stands, but his lawyers launched an entreaty against that verdict successful June, claiming helium did not get a just trial.

Weinstein inactive faces 2 different transgression counts - a transgression intersexual enactment complaint and a rape complaint - to which helium has pleaded not guilty.

He besides pleaded not blameworthy to an further complaint of intersexual battle successful September.