Harvey Weinstein’s attorneys have filed a authorized declare in opposition to New York Metropolis alleging he’s receiving substandard medical remedy in unhygienic circumstances whereas in custody on the Rikers Island jail complicated.
The discover of declare – step one in submitting a lawsuit in opposition to town – accuses the ability of failing to handle the previous film mogul’s medical circumstances, which embrace power myeloid leukemia and diabetes, and negligence starting from “freezing” circumstances to an absence of fresh garments.
The town’s legislation division and division of correction didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark after the declare was filed on Tuesday.
“After I final visited him, I discovered him with blood spatter on his jail garb, probably from IV’s, garments that had not been washed for weeks, and he had not even been offered clear underwear – hardly sanitary circumstances for somebody with extreme medical circumstances,” Weinstein’s lawyer, Imran H Ansari, mentioned in a press release, evaluating the ability to a “gulag”.
Weinstein, 72, has been in metropolis custody since earlier this yr after the New York court docket of appeals overturned his 2020 rape conviction within the state. The case is ready to be retried in 2025. Weinstein has denied any wrongdoing.
Weinstein was briefly hospitalised in April and once more in July for well being issues. His workforce has mentioned he has been handled for diabetes, hypertension, spinal stenosis, Covid-19, and fluid on his coronary heart and lungs.
The authorized declare, which seeks $5m in damages, argues he had been returned to Rikers every time earlier than he had absolutely recovered.
Weinstein’s movie manufacturing firm went into chapter 11 proceedings after his convictions, organising a $17m fund for sexual misconduct claims.
Rikers Island jail is scheduled to be closed in 2027 however the metropolis has pushed again deadlines to take action.
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