Harvey Weinstein Expected In Court Tomorrow Despite Hospital Stay; NYC Hearing Will Re-Arraign Incarcerated Producer On 2018 Rape Charges
01.05.2024 - 03:31
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Despite a myriad of health issues landing the incarcerated Harvey Weinstein in hospital last week, the much-accused producer is still expected to show up in court tomorrow — at least right now.
“Mr. Weinstein entered prison with serious medical issues, and they have not magically disappeared, but are being managed,” the producer’s long-time spokesperson Juda Engelmayer tells Deadline of his client who is suffering from diabetes, cardiac issued, sleep apnea, and who is also near blind.
Following the April 25 overturning of his 2020 sex crimes conviction, the past few days have seen a storm of rumors that 72-year-old Weinstein wouldn’t make the re-arraignment hearing in the early afternoon local time at 100 Centre Street in Manhattan. While Weinstein’s current condition is far from critical at present and he is under observation at Bellevue, one well-positioned law enforcement source said that “things could turn on a dime” and not to rule out “more drama.”
Weinstein’s reps say otherwise.
“Mr. Weinstein was visited yesterday by his attorneys Arthur Aidala and Diana Samson for several hours,” Engelmayer added. “Mr. Aidala confirms that Mr. Weinstein will be at his hearing on Wednesday and is looking forward to his day in court.”
Moved from his home of sorts in the medium security Mohawk Correctional Facility in upstate New York, Weinstein entered Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward over the weekend. In between, there was a brief return to Rikers Island less than 24 hours after the Empire State’s Appeal Court junked Weinstein’s 2020 sex crimes conviction and 23-year sentence last week.
The Appeals Court has also ordered a new trial for Weinstein, who maintains he is the innocent.
To that end, the May 1 hearing before