the disgraced movie mobile Harvey Weinstein was rushed from prison to a New York City hospital for emergency heart surgery after he experienced chest pains his Representatives told us media Mr Weinstein was rushed to Belleview hospital last night due to several medical conditions Weinstein Representatives Craig Rothfield and Judah angelier said in a statement first reported by ABC News we can confirm that Mr Weinstein had a procedure and surgery on his heart today however we can not comment any further than that as we have extensively stated before Mr Weinstein suffers a plethora of significant health issues that need ongoing treatment Weinstein was out of surgery as of Monday afternoon and is in recovery they said Weinstein 72 was transferred to Belleview from New York's Riker island jail complex where he is awaiting retrial on rape and sexual assault charges it is the second time in two months he had been taken to hospital Weinstein's lawyer Arthur adala said they requested jail officials immediately move Weinstein to Belleview based on his complaints to us regarding chest pains in one email adala said he told them this guy is going to die on your watch if you don't do something he was admitted in July for treatment for a variety of health problems including covid-19 and pneumonia in both lungs Representatives at the time said the former director and producer also suffered from diabetes high blood pressure spinal stenosis and fluid on his heart and lungs in April New York's Top Court overturned Weinstein's rape and sexual assault convictions and ordered a new trial the state's court of appeals found that the judge in the 2020 trial unfairly allowed testimony from women whose claims against Weinstein were not part of the case but Weinstein now faces the prospect of a new indictment in New York where the Manhattan District Attorney's office has begun presenting evidence to grand jury of up to three previously uncharged allegations against Weinstein two sexual assaults in the mid 2000s and another sexual assault in 2016 after the conclusion of a retrial and any subsequent prison sentence Weinstein is due to start serving a 16-year sentence in California for a separate rid conviction in Los Angeles in December 2022 authori said the California jury took more than 9 days of deliberation to convict Weinstein of three counts of rape and sexual assault against a European model and actor who testified anonymously as Jane Doan the panel remained divided on three other charges of rape and sexual assault by two other accusers including Jennifer seel Nome the wife of California governor Gavin Nome Weinstein was also acquitted of a sexual battery allegation made by a fourth woman more than 90 women spoke out about being sexually assaulted or sexually harassed by Weinstein over the court course of his decades long career as one of Hollywood's most powerful figures following his founding of the Miramax film studio with his brother Bob Weinstein in 1979 the pair went on to found the Weinstein Company and during their time at the two companies produced some of the most notable and successful movies in Hollywood history including Shakespeare and love Jango Unchained the King speech and Pulp Fiction but his arrest and Manhattan conviction exposed Weinstein's darker side and was a milestone for the # Meo movement in which women accused hundreds of men in entertainment media politics and other fields of sexual misconduct prosecutors in the UK last week announced they were discontinuing two indecent assault charges against Weinstein after finding there is no longer a realistic Prospect of conviction the charges related to an incident involving a woman in her 50s at the time of the announcement of the charges in London between July 31st and August 31st 1996