According to two people who spoke with NBC News, Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul whose alleged sexual misconduct started the Me Too movement and who was recently indicted on additional charges, has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia. This information was provided to NBC News. Because of these allegations against Harvey Weinstein, the Me Too movement gained traction.
According to additional details provided by the sources, Weinstein is currently receiving treatment on Rikers Island in the state of New York. According to the Mayo Clinic, chronic myeloid leukaemia is a form of bone marrow cancer that is quite uncommon in comparison to other types of malignancies that are studied in the scientific community.
The legal health care counsel for Weinstein, Craig Rothfeld, issued a statement Monday evening. In the statement, Rothfeld said, “Out of respect for Mr. Weinstein’s privacy, we will offer no further comment.” Rothfeld’s statement was delivered on Monday evening. Rothfeld’s letter gave an explanation for why the company wouldn’t offer any additional comments.
Due to the fact that Weinstein is currently dealing with a wide range of health problems, the diagnosis comes at a time when he is going through a difficult moment. He underwent an emergency cardiac operation during the course of the previous month in order to remove a considerable amount of fluid from his lungs and heart. This was done in order to remove the fluid. In order to get rid of the fluid, the surgery was successfully carried out.
It was discovered that he had a positive test result for both double pneumonia and Covid-19 testing when he was admitted to the hospital in the month of July. His admission occurred for the purpose of receiving medical treatment.
Weinstein is presently battling with a lot of health concerns, which he is experiencing in the midst of his ongoing legal struggle with Manhattan prosecutors over their efforts to combine his initial sexual offences from 2020 with a new criminal prosecution. The court battle is taking place in Manhattan. The prosecution has made an effort to combine the charges brought against Weinstein in the past with the ones brought against him most recently. This action is being taken in order to ensure that all of the charges will be brought before the court at the same time.
It was this year that the conviction that Weinstein had received in New York was reversed, and he was now serving a sentence of 23 years in prison at the time. The judge who presided over the historic trial was found to have demonstrated bias against Weinstein, according to the New York Court of Appeals, which reached this conclusion. This conclusion was arrived at as a consequence of erroneous rulings, one of which was a decision to permit women to testify regarding charges that were not part of the case to begin with.
Weinstein, on the other hand, did not escape punishment despite the ruling of the court because he was ultimately found guilty of rape in Los Angeles in 2022 and sentenced to sixteen years in jail for his crime. This meant that he did not escape justice. He has announced that he is appealing the conviction, according to the legal team that is defending him.