Posted on 02/24/2020 7:30:03 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Harvey Weinstein was rushed to hospital by ambulance on Monday, shortly after being found guilty of raping and sexual assaulting two women.
The disgraced Hollywood producer, 67, was said to have been redirected to Bellevue Hospital Center after suffering chest pains. A rep later confirmed he was suffering from high blood pressure and having heart palpitations.
Judge James Burke had initially ordered Weinstein to be taken to Rikers Island prison immediately, until his sentencing on March 11.
Weinstein was convicted by a New York jury of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in his apartment in 2006 and raping aspiring actress Jessica Mann in a hotel room in 2013.
He was acquitted of the two most serious counts of predatory sexual assault, which each carried a potential life sentence. He was also found not guilty of first degree rape in relation to Mann.
Weinstein, who arrived at court using a walker for much of the trial, now faces a 29-year prison sentence, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood studio boss to archvillain of the #MeToo movement.
When the jury of seven men and five women handed down their verdict after five days of deliberations, Weinstein told his lawyer: 'I'm innocent. I'm innocent. How can this happen in America?'
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Nobody’s slipped him a cyanide capsule yet?
Straight out of the Hillary Clinton playbook.
Juicy...
Boy those stink Hollywood asses are good actors!! He went in the court house using a walker and left walking upright without any assistance!! Miracles of miracles!
He drank some water from the Louvre.
Robert De Niro would be a good pick. He's obnoxious and verbally abusive in real life. He wouldn't even have to actually act.
What a phoney...at least Ted Kennedy wore a neck brace.
I just checked his filmography. He hasn't done anything since 2010.
He best be ready to meet his Maker.
How are they helping him now?
“Cause they’re waiting for you at Bellevue
With their oxygen masks...”
Wow. Hillary is quick.
They're breaking up that old gang of poor Harvey.
Hillary’s diagnosis: Epstein Flu. 100% mortality rate.
The one guaranteed ambulance ride in corrections was always “chest pains”. And the convicts knew it too. The single most abused complaint in the population. But one we just could not ignore. Harvey’s only delaying his trip to Ossining.
CC
Indon’t believe it was rape. i believe everyone involved knew what tgey were doing and were okay with doing it.
He’d make a great Baron Harkonnen!
I have no sympathy for the willing "victims" but hang him for the true rapes.
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