It’s déjà vu once more. Mere hours after being sentenced to 23 years in jail for first diploma sexual assault and third diploma rape on Wednesday, Harvey Weinstein was despatched to Bellevue Hospital in New York due to chest pains.
Rikers Island jail employees transported Weinstein to Bellevue “for security,” in accordance to The Hollywood Reporter. A spokesperson for Weinstein stated the disgraced mogul would “be evaluated” and would probably “keep in a single day” in consequence. In different phrases, the man with actually no balls was seemingly afraid to go to jail.
Final month, a number of hours after being discovered responsible of rape and sexual assault, Weinstein was taken to the identical hospital for the identical declare of “chest pains.” It seems he was experiencing hypertension and coronary heart palpitations — a logical response contemplating he was lastly discovered responsible of traumatizing girls for a long time and getting away with it — after weeks of shuffling round with a walker to acquire sympathy. Weinstein wound up staying at Bellevue Hospital for 10 days earlier than lastly being moved to Rikers.
Weinstein being discovered responsible and sentenced to such a very long time in jail makes this a landmark court docket case not simply for the #MeToo motion, however for accountability and justice within the US at giant. Not everybody was glad to see Weinstein’s punished, although. Invoice Cosby’s publicist known as the decision a “unhappy day” for our judicial system, particularly for “rich and well-known males” wanting “to discover equity and impartiality.”
If Weinstein, who’s 67 years previous, continues to be kicking after his 23-year-long sentence, he can look ahead to doubtlessly much more time in jail after that. He’s nonetheless dealing with 4 expenses of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles, which might probably lead to penalties of one other 28 years. Plus, there’s nonetheless that civil go well with by former mannequin Kaja Sokola, who filed an underaged sexual assault lawsuit in opposition to Weinstein this previous December, too.