United Kingdom, April 16 -- Harvey Weinstein is petitioning a New York court to move him from Rikers Island to Bellevue Hospital during his ongoing criminal retrial.

The disgraced film producer is currently incarcerated on Rikers Island while facing retrial following the 2024 overturning of his 2020 rape conviction, and his legal team has now cited serious medical conditions and what they described as "deplorable" treatment behind bars in his bid for a transfer out of the facility.

Weinstein's lawyer, Imran H Ansari, said in a statement issued on Wednesday (16.04.25): "Harvey Weinstein is suffering from cancer and other serious medical conditions, yet he is consistently mistreated for serious infections, medication is given incorrectly,...