With the choice of jury in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial in New York, his lawyers appealed to the referee to allow the shameful movie mogul to spend his nights on Bellvue Hospital instead of Riks Island, claiming that the stress and strings in the Daily Court performances will trace his failed health.
Their urgent appeal came on Second day of election of juryClaims that conditions in the imprisonment of the notorious city worship Weinstein’s growing list of serious health problems. Weinstein lawyer Imran Ansaris submitting Tuesday night added a heavy infection and 20 pounds weight gain to the rolling of serious failures that her client has to do with, including chronic myeloid leukemia, heart problems, diabetes, sleep apnea, sciatica and walking ability.
For months, Weinstein’s lawyers have reported these issues to the judge as new problems have led to several short and long-term visits to Bellevue, including cardiac surgery.
Ansari wrote that freezing temperatures and lack of adequate clothing on Rikers have caused Weinstein to become “worn out significantly healthy, and (he) is now facing the stress of this condition, which may very well lead to serious health complications, even his death.”
Weinstein was in court on Wednesday morning when the judge Curtis J. Farber continued to ask potential lawyers for their ability to be impartial, with the defendant who crawled back to look at them. Prosecutors and defense lawyers spent the day parking a group of 25 prospective lawyers, Tough Inga was selected for the 12-member panel with six alternatives.
The opening statements were expected to begin next week. Weinstein is recording on criminal law and rape laws that were turned by New York’s Supreme Court last year over incorrect evidence and decisions. Weinstein has not relied on.
