According to American media, former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who is serving a jail sentence for sexual assault and rape, has bone marrow cancer.
According to US media on Monday, Harvey Weinstein, a former Hollywood producer who is serving a jail sentence for rape and sexual assault, has bone marrow cancer.
According to NBC News, the 72-year-old veteran Hollywood producer is receiving treatment in a New York prison for chronic myelogenous leukemia. He was charged with another sexual assault in September.
This diagnosis comes after a string of health issues for the once-dominant American film mogul, whose downfall unleashed a global shockwave, liberated the voices of several victims, and revealed instances of gender- and sexual-based abuse. committed against women.
Harvey Weinstein “Heart surgery”
As per Juda Engelmayer, one of his representatives, the former head of Miramax Studios recently underwent “heart surgery” and came out “out of danger for the moment.” This was announced on September 10.
He was in a wheelchair and looked weak and pale during his brief appearance in a Manhattan court on September 18 to discuss the fresh indictment for the 2006 sexual assault of a lady.
This indictment, which was decided by a grand jury—citizens who work with prosecutors to investigate the case—joins a long number of charges that date back to 2017, for which he has already been tried and found guilty twice, in New York and Los Angeles. Angeles. Actresses Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Ashley Judd are among the more than 80 women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of harassment, sexual assault, and rape.
His conviction overturned in April
Following the resounding rejection at the end of April by an appeals court of his sentence of 23 years in prison in 2020 for the rape of actress Jessica Mann and the sexual assault of production assistant Mimi Haleyi, the former head of Miramax Studios must stand trial again in New York. The unexpected change in direction was viewed as disrespectful and a regression for the #MeToo movement.
Harvey Weinstein, meanwhile, is still incarcerated because he was also given a 16-year jail sentence in Los Angeles in 2023 for unrelated rape and sexual assault crimes. He made an appeal and only ever acknowledged consenting relationships in public.
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