Harvey Weinstein was hospitalised Monday following an alarming blood test, his attorney said, less than a week after the disgraced movie mogul filed a legal claim alleging substandard medical care at New York City's notorious jail complex. Weinstein, 72, was sent to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for an emergent treatment due to an alarming blood test result that requires immediate medical attention, his attorney, Imran Ansari, said in a statement. It is expected that he will remain there until his condition stabilises, the statement continues. "His deprivation of care is not only medical malpractice, but a violation of his constitutional rights. A spokesperson for New York City's Department of Correction did not immediately respond to an email. The agency's inmate database confirmed that Weinstein had been transferred from Rikers Island to the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward in Manhattan. Weinstein has been in city custody since earlier this year after the New York Court of Appeals
The academy's 54-member board will meet at the group's mirrored-glass offices to discuss what to do about Weinstein in the wake of the recent allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him
Tom Hanks and Ryan Gosling are the latest Hollywood A-listers to join the brigade slamming Harvey Weinstein on multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the media mogul. In an interview with New York Times, the "Sully" actor was asked why Hollywood did not choose to speak up until recently despite knowing about Weinstein's abusive behaviour for over three decades. To this Hanks, 61, responded saying it was not uncommon that people in high places get away with crimes. He also condemned the producer's statement justifying his behaviour that he grew up in the '60s and '70s'. The Oscar-winning actor said, "Look, I don't want to rag on Harvey but so obviously something went down there. You can't buy, 'Oh, well, I grew up in the '60s and '70s and so therefore. ...' I did, too. So I think it's like, well, what do you want from this position of power? I know all kinds of people that just love hitting on, or making the lives of underlings some degree of miserable, beca