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  "textContent": "The former producer is in prison after allegations against him sparked the ‘Me Too’ movement (Picture: Reuters)\n\nDisgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was taken to the hospital this week after experiencing acute heart failure in prison.\n\nWeinstein has been held at Rikers Island in Queens, New York, while awaiting sentencing for his 2025 sexual assault conviction.\n\nSources said Weinstein had been experiencing pneumonia when he experienced heart failure.\n\nAfter having difficulty breathing, he was taken to Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward in Manhattan, where he’s still being treated.\n\nWeinstein is reportedly on the mend, but isn’t in the clear to leave just yet.\n\nThe 74-year-old, who is behind bars after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault, was previously diagnosed with cancer.\n\nWeinstein has had a plethora of health issues while in prison (Picture: Reuters)\n\nIn 2024, he was taken to the same hospital unit after ‘suffering from a lack of adequate medical care and enduring deplorable and inhumane conditions on Rikers Island’.\n\nThat hospital trip was attributed to an ‘alarming’ blood test result, his lawyer said.\n\nWeinstein has been at the centre of rape or sexual misconduct allegations from more than 100 people, with some claims dating back to the 1970s.\n\nThe allegations sparked the Me Too movement, which highlighted sexual violence in the film industry, as well as worldwide.\n\nHe has denied all allegations against him, and was previously handed a 23-year prison sentence in 2020 – this was overturned by the Court of Appeal in a shocking development.\n\nIn early January, it was reported that Weinstein was considering a guilty plea deal after saying prison was a ‘death march’.\n\n‘I know I was unfaithful, I know I acted wrongly, but I never assaulted anyone,’ Weinstein told the court earlier this year.\n\n‘The isolation is unbearable. My body is failing,’ he added, describing Rikers jail, where he’s been held for two years, as ‘a slow march toward death’.\n\nIn 2024, it was revealed that he had been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia, a form of bone marrow cancer.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Harvey Weinstein rushed to hospital after suffering heart failure"
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