{"id":130665,"date":"2024-11-27T13:24:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T06:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130665"},"modified":"2024-11-27T13:24:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T06:24:48","slug":"harvey-weinsteins-lawyers-file-legal-claim-alleging-substandard-prison-conditions-harvey-weinstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130665","title":{"rendered":"Harvey Weinstein\u2019s lawyers file legal claim alleging substandard prison conditions | Harvey Weinstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Harvey Weinstein\u2019s lawyers have filed a legal claim against New York City alleging he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic conditions while in custody at the Rikers Island jail complex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The notice of claim \u2013 the first step in filing a lawsuit against the city \u2013 accuses the facility of failing to manage the former movie mogul\u2019s medical conditions, which include chronic myeloid leukemia and diabetes, and negligence ranging from \u201cfreezing\u201d conditions to a lack of clean clothes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The city\u2019s law department and department of correction did not immediately respond to requests for comment after the claim was filed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWhen I last visited him, I found him with blood spatter on his prison garb, possibly from IV\u2019s, clothes that had not been washed for weeks, and he had not even been provided clean underwear \u2013 hardly sanitary conditions for someone with severe medical conditions,\u201d Weinstein\u2019s attorney, Imran H Ansari, said in a statement, comparing the facility to a \u201cgulag\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/harvey-weinstein\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Weinstein<\/a>, 72, has been in city custody since earlier this year after the New York court of appeals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/apr\/25\/harvey-weinstein-rape-conviction-overturned\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">overturned his 2020 rape conviction<\/a> in the state. The case is set to be retried in 2025. Weinstein has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"7469bdd6-9e32-4729-b2a1-e96f447bb80d\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:5,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 additional years for LA rape conviction&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;7469bdd6-9e32-4729-b2a1-e96f447bb80d&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/feb\/23\/harvey-weinstein-los-angeles-rape-conviction-sentencing&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/jul\/26\/harvey-weinstein-hospitalised-with-covid-and-pneumonia\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Weinstein was briefly hospitalised <\/a>in April and again in July for health problems. His team has said he has been treated for diabetes, high blood pressure, spinal stenosis, Covid-19, and fluid on his heart and lungs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The legal claim, which seeks $5m in damages, argues he had been returned to Rikers each time before he had fully recovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Weinstein\u2019s film production company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2018\/mar\/20\/weinstein-company-bankruptcy-releases-employees-ndas\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">went into bankruptcy proceedings<\/a> after his convictions, setting up a $17m fund for sexual misconduct claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Rikers Island jail is scheduled to be closed in 2027 but the city has pushed back deadlines to do so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/nov\/27\/harvey-weinsteins-lawyers-file-legal-claim-alleging-substandard-prison-conditions\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvey Weinstein\u2019s lawyers have filed a legal claim against New York City alleging he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic conditions while in custody at the Rikers Island jail &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130665\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}