Sickly Harvey Weinstein appears in court after revealing shock cancer diagnosis from jail

Harvey Weinstein appeared successful tribunal connected Wednesday aft revealing helium has been diagnosed with cancer.

The convicted rapist, 72, was backmost successful tribunal successful New York for a proceeding up of his retrial connected enactment crimes charges stemming from his landmark #MeToo case.

Sporting a suit, necktie and American emblem pin, a handcuffed Weinstein spoke animatedly from a wheelchair during the hearing, arsenic helium held a transcript of the caller Conclave by Robert Harris.

A thinner Weinstein has been receiving attraction down bars astatine Rikers Island for a uncommon benignant of bony marrow crab known arsenic chronic myeloid leukemia.

He spent astir of the summertime hospitalized with assorted maladies, from Covid and treble pneumonia to needing fluid connected his bosom and lungs removed. 

The disgraced shaper is facing retrial connected 2 enactment transgression charges aft New York's highest tribunal overturned his 2020 condemnation earlier this year. After the proceeding got underway connected Wednesday, Judge Curtis Farber granted a prosecution petition to consolidate that lawsuit and a newer complaint into a azygous trial.

Weinstein was besides deed successful September with a caller complaint accusing him of different assault. He has pleaded not guilty.

The erstwhile mogul was convicted connected charges that helium forcibly performed oral enactment connected a TV and movie accumulation adjunct successful 2006, and rape successful the 3rd grade for an onslaught connected an aspiring histrion successful 2013. 

In the caller charge, prosecutors accidental helium forced oral enactment connected a antithetic pistillate successful a Manhattan edifice successful the outpouring of 2006.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s bureau had argued successful tribunal filings that holding abstracted trials would beryllium 'extraordinarily inefficient' and discarded judicial resources. Prosecutors said the cases person important overlap arsenic they impact akin transgression statutes, witnesses, adept grounds and documentary evidence. 

Weinstein’s lawyers had argued successful tribunal filings that the cases should stay separate. They said prosecutors are attempting to 'expand the scope' of the court-ordered retrial and alteration it into 'an wholly caller proceeding' by including the caller charges.

There’s besides the question of erstwhile Weinstein’s retrial is expected to really begin.

Faber had tentatively scheduled Weinstein’s proceedings to unfastened connected November 12, but some defence lawyers and prosecutors person voiced concerns the day won’t springiness their broadside capable clip to prepare.

Weinstein was besides convicted of rape successful Los Angeles successful 2022, though his lawyers person appealed.

He has denied that helium raped oregon sexually assaulted anyone. 

Weinstein has been successful and retired of Bellevue Hospital since returning to Rikers Island from authorities situation successful April aft an appeals tribunal overturned his 2020 rape and intersexual battle convictions and ordered a caller trial.

He underwent pericardiocentesis country astatine Bellevue Hospital successful New York City successful September aft having suffered thorax pains.

In July, helium was hospitalized with COVID-19 and pneumonia successful some lungs, his representatives said.

He had besides spent 10 days successful Bellevue successful April, with Aidala saying that the clip that Weinstein has 'a batch of problems' and was 'somewhat of a bid wreck health-wise'.

After his February 2020 conviction, Weinstein near tribunal successful an ambulance and detoured to Bellevue, complaining of thorax pains and precocious humor pressure. He aboriginal had a stent inserted to unblock an artery.

In 2021, erstwhile Weinstein was being extradited to California for prosecution connected rape charges there, his lawyers disclosed a litany of afflictions, including: diabetes, coronary artery disease, anemia, hypertension, obstructive slumber apnea, chronic little backmost pain, sciatica, chronic limb pain, arthritis, and oculus ailments that had severely degraded his vision.