Harvey Weinstein is having his ‘medical needs tended to’ upon his return to Rikers Island.
Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized at Manhattan’s Bellevue Hospital in New York City after being examined by doctors upon his arrival at the Rikers Island jail on Friday, his lawyer, Arthur Aidala, told the Associated Press on Saturday.
Aidala told the outlet that Weinstein, whose 2020 rape conviction was overturned in a New York appeals court on Thursday, was taken to Bellevue Hospital for additional tests.
“They examined him and sent him to Bellevue. It seems like he needs a lot of help, physically. He’s got a lot of problems. He’s getting all kinds of tests. He’s somewhat of a train wreck health wise,” Aidala said of the 72-year-old former movie mogul.
Craig Rothfeld, Weinstein’s prison consultant and authorized DOCS representative, told Fox News Digital in a statement, “We grateful for NYC DOC’s care and discretion as they have been treating Harvey Weinstein’s medical issues as best they can.”
“Harvey is in the hands of NYC Department of Corrections and NYC H+H/Correctional Health Services and is having his medical needs tended to by DOCS and CHS,” Rothfeld added. “We are grateful for how smoothly they handled his eventual return to Bellevue’s prison ward.
