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Harvey Weinstein has been identified with leukemia whereas imprisoned at Rikers Island in New York, in accordance with studies.

Sources instructed NBC News that the disgraced Hollywood tycoon and convicted rapist is present process therapy for continual myeloid leukemia, a uncommon type of bone marrow most cancers.

It comes after Weinstein was rushed to hospital from his jail on Rikers Island in New York for emergency coronary heart surgical procedure final month because of “a massive amount of fluid in his lungs”.

The longtime Miramax and Weinstein Company boss, whose outing as an abuser in 2017 kicked off the worldwide #MeToo motion, is at present awaiting retrial in New York for fees of rape and sexual assault.

His earlier conviction in New York was overturned in April because of “egregious errors” by the unique trial choose, however a separate jail sentence for rape and sexual assault in California stays in power.

The Independent has requested for remark from Weinstein’s spokesperson.

“It is both troubling and unacceptable that such private and confidential health matters have become a subject of public discourse,” mentioned Weinstein’s authorized healthcare rep Craig Rothfeld in an announcement to Deadline. “Out of respect for Mr. Weinstein’s privacy, we will offer no further comment.”

Weinstein was first arrested in New York City in 2018 after greater than 80 girls accused him of rape or assault the earlier yr.

At the time, he was considered one of Hollywood’s most well-connected and highly effective producers, recognized for a protracted string of Oscar-winning movies together with Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare in Loveand Gangs of New York.

Behind the scenes, nonetheless, alleged victims mentioned that had used his energy within the movie trade to coerce them or try to coerce them into sexual acts, promising to advance their careers or threatening to wreck them.

In 2020, Weinstein was discovered responsible in New York of raping and assaulting two girls and sentenced to 23 years in jail. However, the Court of Appeals discovered that the trial choose had erred by permitting prosecutors to name witnesses whose allegations weren’t associated to the fees at hand.

Those witnesses included actress and mannequin Tarale Wulff, who mentioned Weinstein raped her in 2005, actress and producer Dawn Dunning who mentioned he put his hand up her skirt in 2004 and Lauren Young, who mentioned Weinstein masturbated in entrance of her and groped her in 2013.

The determination sparked outrage from Weinstein accusers akin to Ashley Judd, the primary actor to come back ahead publicly in opposition to him, who mentioned the choice was “unfair to survivors.”

Weinstein maintains his innocence and has repeatedly claimed that each one his sexual exercise was consensual.