Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), NBC News reported on Monday (Oct 21), citing sources. Weinstein is currently undergoing treatment for CML, a type of bone marrow cancer, while in prison at Rikers Island in New York to face trial on rape charges, according to the NBC report. Craig Rothfeld, Weinstein's legal healthcare...
Harvey Weinstein on Sept 18 pleaded not guilty to committing a criminal sexual act, nearly five months after the disgraced Hollywood movie mogul's sex crimes conviction in New York was overturned. Weinstein, 72, who is recovering from emergency heart surgery he underwent last week, entered his plea to the first-degree felony charge at a hearing before...
The new sexual assault allegations come after the ex-Hollywood mogul was rushed to the hospital for emergency heart surgery. Learn more about the additional charges ahead of his retrial in NY. Harvey Weinstein was scheduled to appear in court for a pretrial hearing on Thursday, September 12, in New York, where prosecutors had been presenting evidence to...
Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was rushed to a hospital from a New York City prison on Sunday (Sept 8) and underwent heart surgery on Monday, his representatives said. Weinstein, 72, is due in court this week where prosecutors have presented evidence to a New York grand jury to try and secure a new indictment against...
Harvey Weinstein has launched an appeal against his Los Angeles rape conviction. Lawyers for the 72-year-old former film producer have claimed that he didn't get a fair trial in his case in California in 2022, when he was convicted of rape and sexual assault. Weinstein was handed a 16-year jail sentence, but he's now requesting a new...
Harvey Weinstein will be retried in New York, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said in court on Wednesday (May 1), a week after the state's highest court threw out his 2020 rape conviction. Weinstein appeared in court before Judge Curtis Farber in a wheelchair, more than four years after his conviction was hailed as a milestone...
Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape was overturned on April 25 by New York’s highest court, reopening the landmark case that launched the #MeToo movement and highlighting the challenges of holding powerful men accountable. In a 4-3 decision, the state’s Court of Appeals said the trial judge had made a mistake by letting prosecutors introduce...
Harvey Weinstein has been named in another lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and battery. The disgraced film producer is currently serving time in prison after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in December 2022. He is now being sued by actress Julia Ormond, who alleges that he assaulted her in 1995. The actress has also named CAA (her agency at the...
