Harvey Weinstein has been taken to a hospital for medical tests days after a New York appeals court overturned his 2020 rape conviction.
The disgraced Hollywood producer, 72, was transported from a central New York jail to a medical ward at New York City's Rikers Island prison complex on April 26, according to his lawyer. Arthur Aidala he told NBC News. After being examined by doctors there on April 27, it was decided to send him to Bellevue Hospital for a more thorough examination, the lawyer said.
“It looks like he needs a lot of help, physically,” he added. “He's got a lot of problems. He's having all kinds of tests. He's a bit of a health disaster.”
Weinstein is still scheduled to appear in a Manhattan criminal court on May 1 for his first appearance to set a schedule for future hearings before a 2020 retrial in his case, NBC News reported.
On April 25, the appeals court decided to overturn his conviction for sexually assaulting a former production assistant and raping an aspiring actress, which had earned him a 23-year prison sentence.
