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Weinstein, 72, is due in court this week where prosecutors have
presented evidence to a New York grand jury to try and secure a
new indictment against him on sex crimes charges.
Spokespeople for the Oscar winner said in a statement he had
been taken to Bellevue Hospital on Sunday night because of
several medical issues.
"We can confirm that Mr. Weinstein had a procedure and surgery
on his heart today," Craig Rothfeld and Juda Engelmayer said.
They did not provide any information on his condition.
ABC News first reported that Weinstein had undergone heart
surgery.
Weinstein, who has denied having any non-consensual sexual
encounters with anyone, was found guilty on rape charges in
February 2020. The New York Court of Appeals threw out the
conviction in April, finding Weinstein did not get a fair trial
because a judge improperly allowed testimony by accusers he was
not formally charged with assaulting.Weinstein suffers from
diabetes, high blood pressure, spinal stenosis, fluid in his
heart and lungs, and had recently contracted COVID and double
pneumonia, his representatives have said.
(Reporting by Eric Beech in Washington and Lisa Richwine in Los
Angeles; editing by Rami Ayyub, Caitlin Webber and Sandra Maler)
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