Engelmayer stated that Weinstein had been in custody at a regional medical unit that was a part of a correctional facility in Upstate New York. When he was transferred to New York Metropolis, Engelmayer stated, the journey “triggered a few of [Weinstein’s] well being points that warranted nearer monitoring.” The publicist added that Weinstein’s switch to Bellevue “is constant together with his prior custody.”
Frank Dwyer, a spokesman for the New York Metropolis Division of Correction, additionally confirmed Weinstein “stays in custody at Bellevue Hospital.”
Weinstein, who has confronted well being issues over time, had been serving a 23-year sentence at a correctional facility in Upstate New York and was transferred to a medical ward at Rikers following Thursday’s appeals court docket determination. Weinstein was hospitalized in early 2020 for coronary heart and blood stress points, across the time of his sentencing in New York.
Weinstein is because of be in Manhattan Supreme Court docket on Wednesday.
Weinstein was initially sentenced to 23 years in jail within the New York trial. He was convicted of forcibly performing oral intercourse on a former manufacturing assistant, Mimi Haleyi, at his residence in 2006; and of rape within the third diploma for an assault on aspiring actress Jessica Mann at a resort in 2013. The Manhattan district lawyer’s workplace has pledged to “do every thing in our energy” to retry this case.
Even after the appeals court docket ruling, Weinstein is anticipated to stay in jail as a result of he additionally faces a 16-year sentence on a separate case in California, the place he was convicted in 2022 of rape, pressured oral copulation and sexual misconduct. The New York reversal — a 4-3 determination — however outraged sexual violence survivors, their advocates and judges who dissented within the appeals court docket determination.
Shayna Jacobs, Samantha Chery, Mark Berman, Herb Scribner and Janay Kingsberry contributed to this report.
