Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized with COVID-19 and double pneumonia, alongside a range of ongoing health issues, as he prepares for a pretrial on sexual assault charges in New York.
The convicted sex offender, 72, who is currently incarcerated, was transferred to the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward in Manhattan on Thursday, reported Deadline.
“Craig Rothfeld, Mr. Weinstein’s authorized representative and prison consultant, confirms that Mr. Weinstein has been brought back to the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward so that he can be treated for the myriad of health conditions that he is still afflicted with on a daily basis, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, spinal stenosis, fluid on his heart and lungs, and various other conditions,” his lawyers told the outlet.
Rothfeld added Weinstein also “tested positive for COVID and contracted double pneumonia in his lungs.”
Earlier this month, a Manhattan judge set a Nov. 12 trial date for the former moviemaker’s retrial on sex crime charges after his previous conviction was overturned on appeal in April.
The tentative trial date was set, though the court indicated that the date could be moved up depending on the pace of the grand jury proceedings.
Prosecutors have recently accused the 72-year-old of raping more women than those included in his previous prosecution.
Weinstein, who has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct, is also currently appealing a rape conviction in Los Angeles, where he was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
