Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with chronic leukemia as disgraced mogul, 72, receives treatment behind bars

Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed pinch chronic myeloid leukemia successful nan latest wellness setback for nan disgraced movie mogul. 

The convicted rapist, 72, has been receiving curen down bars astatine Rikers Island for a uncommon type of bony marrow cancer known arsenic chronic myeloid leukemia, NBC News reported.

Weinstein spent astir of nan summertime hospitalized pinch various maladies, from Covid and double pneumonia to needing fluid connected his bosom and lungs removed.

A typical for Weinstein declined remark successful a statement. 

Weinstein is presently serving a condemnation for rape astatine Rikers Island situation and was rushed to Bellevue late Sunday owed to 'severe aesculapian conditions'. 

His lawyer Arthur Aidala says he warned jailhouse officials: 'This feline is going to dice connected your watch if you don't do something.'

Weinstein has denied that he raped aliases sexually assaulted anyone. 

He remains successful custody successful New York while awaiting a retrial successful Manhattan that's tentatively scheduled to statesman November 12. He is owed backmost successful tribunal for a pretrial proceeding this Thursday. 

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 surgery at Bellevue Hospital in New York City in September after having suffered thorax pains.

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

He had besides spent 10 days successful Bellevue successful April, pinch Aidala saying that nan clip that Weinstein has 'a batch of problems' and was 'somewhat of a train 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 later had a stent inserted to unblock an artery.

After his sentencing a fewer weeks later, he returned to nan infirmary pinch much thorax pains. He later tested affirmative for COVID-19 conscionable days aft being transferred to a authorities situation adjacent Buffalo.

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. At caller tribunal hearings, he has utilized a wheelchair.

The state's Court of Appeals found that nan judge successful nan 2020 proceedings unfairly allowed grounds from women whose claims against Weinstein weren't portion of nan case.

In September, prosecutors disclosed that they've begun taking steps to perchance complaint him pinch up to 3 further activity assaults.

They said they've started presenting grounds to a expansive jury of up to 3 antecedently uncharged allegations against Weinstein - 2 intersexual assaults successful nan mid-2000s and different intersexual battle successful 2016.

A ballot connected a imaginable caller indictment was expected soon.

At nan aforesaid time, British prosecutors said past week they were dropping 2 charges of indecent battle against Weinstein successful 2022 because location was 'no longer a realistic imaginable of conviction'.

Weinstein became nan astir salient villain of nan #MeToo movement, which took guidelines successful 2017 erstwhile women began to spell nationalist pinch accounts of his behavior. 

At nan original trial, Weinstein was convicted of forcibly performing oral activity connected a TV and movie accumulation adjunct successful 2006 and rape successful nan 3rd grade for an onslaught connected an aspiring character successful 2013. Those allegations will beryllium portion of his retrial. 

Weinstein's acquittals connected charges of predatory intersexual battle and first-degree rape still stand.

After nan retrial, Weinstein is owed to commencement serving a 16-year condemnation successful California for a abstracted rape condemnation successful Los Angeles, authorities said. Weinstein was convicted successful Los Angeles successful 2022.

Weinstein, nan co-founder of Miramax and The Weinstein Company movie studios, was erstwhile 1 of nan astir powerful group successful Hollywood, producing specified Oscar winners arsenic Pulp Fiction and Shakespeare successful Love.