Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with leukaemia

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Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with leukaemia

Writer: Heidi Hsia

Harvey Weinstein is facing legal challenges and health issues

4 Dec - Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is now out of Rikers Island prison again to return to Bellevue Hospital in New York for what his spokesperson claimed to be "emergent treatment" related to an alarming blood test result.

In a statement to the media, Weinstein's attorney stated, "Harvey Weinstein, who has been suffering from a lack of adequate medical care and enduring deplorable and inhumane conditions on Rikers Island, has been transported to Bellevue Hospital for emergent treatment due to an alarming blood test result that requires immediate medical attention."

"It is expected that he will remain there until his condition stabilises," he added.

The disgraced producer is being treated at the Bellevue Hospital

Meanwhile, his spokesperson Juda Engelmayer confirmed that Weistein has been diagnosed with leukaemia, after keeping mum about his condition earlier.

His rep also accused the people in charge of violating his constitutional rights by depriving him of his medical care.

The former Miramax boss and co-founder has been held at Rikers Island while awaiting trial on three alleged sex crimes, which carries a sentence of up to 25 years in prison.

At the same time, he is also facing retrial on charges to his 2020 rape conviction that was overturned back in April.