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Harvey Weinstein files legal claim alleging lack of medical care and hygiene at Rikers Island jail

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 19: Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court on July 19, 2024 in New York City. Prosecutors are preparing to retry the former movie mogul following the reversal of his 2020 rape conviction. (Photo by Kena Betancur-Pool/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 19: Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court on July 19, 2024 in New York City. Prosecutors are preparing to retry the former movie mogul following the reversal of his 2020 rape conviction. (Photo by Kena Betancur-Pool/Getty Images)
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Harvey Weinstein files legal claim alleging lack of medical care and hygiene at Rikers Island jail
Harvey Weinstein바카라 게임 웹사이트s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging that he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic conditions while in custody at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex.The notice of claim, which is the first step in filing a lawsuit against the city, accuses the facility of failing to manage the former movie mogul's medical conditions, which include chronic myeloid leukemia and diabetes, and negligence ranging from 바카라 게임 웹사이트freezing바카라 게임 웹사이트 conditions to a lack of clean clothes.The city's law department and Department of Correction did not immediately respond to requests for comment.바카라 게임 웹사이트When I last visited him, I found him with blood spatter on his prison garb, possibly from IV바카라 게임 웹사이트s, clothes that had not been washed for weeks, and he had not even been provided clean underwear 바카라 게임 웹사이트 hardly sanitary conditions for someone with severe medical conditions,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Weinstein's attorney, Imran H. Ansari, said in a statement, comparing the facility to a 바카라 게임 웹사이트gulag."Weinstein, 72, has been in city custody since earlier this year, after the New York Court of Appeals overturned his 2020 rape conviction in the state. The case is set to be retried in 2025. Weinstein has denied any wrongdoing.Weinstein was briefly hospitalized in April and again in July for health problems. His team has said he's been treated for diabetes, high blood pressure, spinal stenosis, COVID-19, and fluid on his heart and lungs.The legal claim, which seeks $5 million in damages, argues he바카라 게임 웹사이트d been returned to Rikers each time before he had fully recovered.Weinstein's film production company went into bankruptcy proceedings after his convictions, setting up a $17 million fund for a sexual misconduct claims fund.The Rikers Island jail is slated to be closed in 2027, but the city has pushed back deadlines to do so.

Harvey Weinstein바카라 게임 웹사이트s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging that he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic conditions while in custody at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex.

The notice of claim, which is the first step in filing a lawsuit against the city, accuses the facility of failing to manage the former movie mogul's medical conditions, which include chronic myeloid leukemia and diabetes, and negligence ranging from 바카라 게임 웹사이트freezing바카라 게임 웹사이트 conditions to a lack of clean clothes.

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The city's law department and Department of Correction did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

바카라 게임 웹사이트When I last visited him, I found him with blood spatter on his prison garb, possibly from IV바카라 게임 웹사이트s, clothes that had not been washed for weeks, and he had not even been provided clean underwear 바카라 게임 웹사이트 hardly sanitary conditions for someone with severe medical conditions,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Weinstein's attorney, Imran H. Ansari, said in a statement, comparing the facility to a 바카라 게임 웹사이트gulag."

Weinstein, 72, has been in city custody since earlier this year, after the New York Court of Appeals overturned his 2020 rape conviction in the state. The case is set to be retried in 2025. Weinstein has denied any wrongdoing.

Weinstein was briefly hospitalized in April and again in July for health problems. His team has said he's been treated for diabetes, high blood pressure, spinal stenosis, COVID-19, and fluid on his heart and lungs.

The legal claim, which seeks $5 million in damages, argues he바카라 게임 웹사이트d been returned to Rikers each time before he had fully recovered.

Weinstein's film production company went into bankruptcy proceedings after his convictions, setting up a $17 million fund for a sexual misconduct claims fund.

The Rikers Island jail is slated to be closed in 2027, but the city has pushed back deadlines to do so.