New York – Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a lawsuit against New York City on Tuesday, alleging that they are receiving Substandard medical treatment Unsanitary conditions while incarcerated at Rikers Island.
The notice of claim, which is the first step in filing a lawsuit, accuses the facility of failing to manage the former movie mogul’s medical conditions, including Chronic myeloid leukemia and diabetes, and from carelessness to “freezing” conditions to lack of clean clothes.
The city’s Law Department and Department of Corrections did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
“When I last visited her, I found her prison clothes covered in blood, possibly from an IV, clothes that hadn’t been washed in weeks, and she wasn’t even provided with clean underwear. “Hardly sanitary conditions for someone with a serious medical condition,” Weinstein’s attorney Imran H. Ansari said in a statement, comparing the facility to a “gulag.”
The legal claim says Weinstein returned to the Rickers soon after being hospitalized.
Weinstein, 72, It has been in the city’s custody since earlier this year.The following An appeals court ruling overturns his 2020 rape conviction. Case in State Will try again 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 has treated diabetes, high blood pressure, spinal stenosis, COVID-19, and fluid in the heart and lungs.
The legal claim, which seeks $5 million in damages, argues that he was returned to the wreckers each time before he fully recovered.
Weinstein’s film production company went into bankruptcy proceedings after his conviction, setting up a $17 million fund to fund sexual misconduct claims.
Rikers Island Prison Due to close in 2027.but the city has Pushed back the deadline to do so..