Harvey Weinstein in hospital for emergency heart surgery

Harvey Weinstein the disgraced film producer is receiving emergency cardiac surgery at a hospital in New York according to his solicitors who told BBC News Weinstein was transferred from the rikus island jail to Bellevue Hospital on Sunday night according to his attorneys they didn't offer any more information according to his solicitors he has been dealing with a number of medical issues as well as chest problems in 2020 Weinstein 72 was found guilty in New York of and sexual assault he was sentenced to 23 years in prison when an appeals judge decided in April that he was not given a fair trial the convictions were reversed there may be a retrial for him later this year Weinstein was found guilty of raping Jessica man a former aspiring actress in 2013 and sexually abusing former production assistant Mimi Hale in 2006 however the court stated in his appeal that prosecutors in the landmark hash metu case called Witnesses whose allegations were