Former film producer Harvey Weinstein hospitalized in New York

Former Hollywood producer HarveyWeinstein He was hospitalized this Saturday upon returning to New York after that American city’s highest court overturned his 2020 conviction on sex crime charges.

This narrow 4-3 court ruling surprisingly overturned one of the defining cases of the #MeToo movement, although Weinstein remains imprisoned on a separate 16-year rape sentence handed down in California.

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“He New York Department of Corrections determined that Mr. Weinstein needed immediate medical attention“His lawyer told AFP, Arthur L. Aidalais a statement.

“Harvey is undergoing multiple tests and is being kept under observation.“, complete.

Police informed US media that Weinstein had been transferred to the Bellevue Hospital in New York.

On Thursday, the court of appeals of the city considered that the judge of first instance erred in admitting the testimony of other women who allegedly suffered abuse at the hands of HarveyWeinsteinbut who were not named in the charges against him and ordered a new trial.

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The accusations against the Oscar-winning producer broke in 2017, sparking the #MeToo movement which paved the way for women to fight sexual violence in their workplaces.

Weinstein, 72, was convicted in 2020 in a New York court of rape and sexual assault of the former actress. Jessica Mann in 2013, and for forcibly performing oral sex on the former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006.

He was later sentenced to 23 years in prison.

Source: Elcomercio

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