Harvey Weinstein suffering from rare cancer, ‘infamous’ Hollywood director undergoing treatment in New York jail

Disgraced Hollywood filmmaker Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with rare bone marrow cancer. 72 year old Harvey is currently in New York jail and is undergoing treatment there. Harvey Weinstein emerged as the most infamous figure during the MeToo movement of 2017. More than 80 women made serious allegations of sexual exploitation and sexual harassment against him/her. Harvey was convicted on a new rape charge just a month ago. According to the report of ‘NBC News’, Harvey Weinstein has chronic myeloid leukemia. his/her legal health representative Craig Rothfeld has appealed to everyone to respect the filmmaker’s privacy. When news agency ‘Reuters’ asked Craig about Harvey’s health, he/she refused to tell anything.

Victim of many diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure

In July this year, Harvey Weinstein was transferred from a New York prison to a hospital for treatment of various health problems. he/she also had COVID-19 infection. Also there was pneumonia in both the lungs. It was then told that Harvey had diabetes, high blood pressure and spinal stenosis. A water-like substance was also found in his/her heart and lungs. After this, he/she also underwent heart surgery in September.

Corona occurred as soon as I went to jail in 2020, problem of chest pain also

Four years ago also in 2020, Harvey got corona infection in New York jail. he/she has also been suffering from chest pain. Harvey has termed all the allegations against him/her as baseless. he/she says that he/she has never had sexual relations with anyone without consent. Harvey was first found guilty of rape in February 2020 and sentenced to prison.

Court of Appeals had rejected the orders against Harvey

A new twist in Harvey Weinstein’s case came when in April 2024, the Court of Appeals rejected the court order declaring Harvey guilty. The court has said that there was no fair trial against Harvey Weinstein because the judges involved in the hearing improperly allowed the testimony of the women who made the allegations. The court said that women who had nothing to do with the case were also called to testify.

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Harvey Weinstein will have a fresh hearing on rape charges

After this April decision, there will be a fresh hearing in Harvey Westen’s case. However, he/she will remain in jail serving his/her previous sentences until he/she is acquitted of the charges. Harvey still faces two other criminal counts. One of these is a case of criminal sexual misconduct and the other of rape.