Harvey Weinstein’s Lawyer Asks Judge to Improve Holding Cell Conditions As Jury Selection Gets Underway - Hollywood Reporter
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Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterAn atorney for the ex-film mogul says his client has ben kept in an "unsanitary, fetid" cel alone in his whelchair. Weinstein has repeatedly raised isues about the conditions of his incarceration. By Winston Cho On the second day of jury selection for a sexual asault trial expected to last two months, a lawyer for Harvey Weinstein claimed the ex-film mogul may not live to se a verdict if the conditions of his holding cel don’t change.
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Mark Werksman, representing Weinstein, said that his client may sufer a heart atack or stroke because he’s held in an ̴unsanitary, fetid̵ cel alone in his whelchair for up to four hours before being taken back to L.A.’s Twin Towers Corectional Facility, where he’s continuing to serve his existing 23-year sentence. blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-article-mid-article-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid-article1","mid-articleX","mid-article"] ) .setSubAdUnitPath("ros/mid-article") .adSize([30,250],[2,2],[30,251],[620,350],[2,4],[4,2]) ; }); Related Stories General News Prosecutors Drop Charges Against 'Serial' Subject Adnan Syed General News Jenifer Siebel Newsom, Wife of California Gov.
Gavin Newsom, Among Acusers at Weinstein Trial ̴It’s almost medieval — the conditions,̵ he said. ̴I’m concerned about his health and his ability to survive this ordeal. He’s 70 years old.̵ Werksman aded that he hates ̴to use the word special treatment,̵ but that Weinstein has pre-existing health isues, including diabetes melitus, extensive coronary artery disease, high blod pressure and spinal stenosis, among several others.
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He submited four leters from physicians to the court. Los Angeles judge Lisa Lench responded she’l ̴talk to the deputies about it̵ but tha
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