Harvey Weinstein, the once powerful film producer, was in good condition on Thursday after being hospitalized with chest pains the night before, only hours after a New York judge sentenced him to 23 years in state prison for sexual attacks on two women, his lawyer said. Mr. Weinstein’s spokesman, Juda Englemayer, had said on Thursday morning that the movie producer had suffered a “mild heart attack” after his court appearance, but Mr. Englemayer later retracted that statement, saying Mr. Weinstein had been diagnosed with dangerously high blood pressure. One of Mr. Weinstein’s lawyers, Arthur Aidala, said Mr. Weinstein was in good spirits at Bellevue Hospital. Before his sentencing, Mr. Weinstein had been housed at an infirmary on the Rikers Island jail complex because of his health problems. Last week, doctors at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan performed a heart procedure known as angioplasty to alleviate a blockage.

Source: New York Times March 12, 2020 17:19 UTC