The former Hollywood producer, who has been convicted of rape, is “out of danger” after undergoing emergency heart surgery, one of his representatives, Judah Engelmeier, said. “He’s resting, he’s weak” but “he’s out of danger for now,” the spokesman said. The “fallen king” of Hollywood was rushed from Rikers Jail in New York to a city hospital after suffering heart problems Sunday night into Monday. On Thursday, a retrial of his case is due to begin in New York, after an appeals court at the end of April overturned his conviction for the rape of an actress, Jessica Mann, and the sexual assault of a production assistant, Mimi Halegi. This reversal is seen as a setback for the #MeToo movement – which started with the Weinstein case – against sexual violence against women. The revelations, in 2017, about the sexual assaults of the former “boss” of the Miramax company caused a global shock as many […]
Source: News Beast
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