NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Monday following an 鈥渁larming blood test,鈥� his attorney said, less than a week after the disgraced movie mogul alleging substandard medical care at New York City's notorious jail complex.
Weinstein, 72, was sent to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for an 鈥渆mergent treatment due to an alarming blood test result that requires immediate medical attention,鈥� his attorney, Imran Ansari, said in a statement.
鈥淚t is expected that he will remain there until his condition stabilizes,鈥� the statement continues. "His deprivation of care is not only medical malpractice, but a violation of his constitutional rights.鈥�
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 in the state. The case is set to be Weinstein has denied any wrongdoing.
In a legal filing last week, Weinstein's attorneys accused the city of for a litany of medical afflictions, which include chronic myeloid leukemia and diabetes.
鈥淲hen I last visited him, I found him with blood spatter on his prison garb, possibly from IV鈥檚, clothes that had not been washed for weeks, and he had not even been provided clean underwear 鈥� hardly sanitary conditions for someone with severe medical conditions,鈥� Ansari said in a statement that likened Rikers Island to a 鈥済ulag.鈥�
The troubled jail complex, located on an island in New York City's East River, has faced growing scrutiny for its mistreatment of detainees and dangerous conditions. Last week, a federal judge cleared the way for a possible federal takeover of the jail system, finding the city had placed its incarcerated population in 鈥渦nconstitutional danger.鈥�
A publicist for Weinstein, Juda Engelmayer, echoed the allegation in a statement Monday.
鈥淢r. Weinstein, who is suffering from a number of illnesses, including leukemia, has been deprived the medical attention that someone in his medical state deserves, prisoner or not," he said. "In many ways, this mistreatment constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.鈥�
Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press
