Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with cancer – reports | Harvey Weinstein

Disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with a form of bone marrow cancer, according to NBC News and ABC News, both of which cited anonymous sources.

The 72-year-old former entertainment mogul is suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia and is being treated in a New York prison, US media reported on Monday.

Weinstein's authorized health representative in New York, Craig Rothfeld, declined to comment, telling ABC: “Out of respect for Mr. Weinstein's privacy, we will have no further comment.”

Weinstein's spokeswoman Juda Engelmayer told Variety that Rothfeld is “deeply disturbed by the speculation about Mr. Weinstein's health.”

“It is both worrying and unacceptable that such private and confidential health matters have become the subject of public discussion. “Out of respect for Mr. Weinstein’s privacy, we will have no further comment,” Engelmayer added.

Weinstein's reported diagnosis comes a month after he was charged with a new sex crime charge. He pleaded not guilty in a New York court to one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct related to allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Manhattan hotel in 2006.

Weinstein also underwent emergency heart surgery last month, after which his representative said he was “out of danger at the moment.”

Weinstein is serving a 16-year prison sentence after being convicted of rape in California.

He was also convicted in New York in 2020 of raping and sexually assaulting an actress and forcibly performing oral sex on a production assistant and was sentenced to 23 years in prison in this case.

However, a New York appeals court overturned the verdict in April, ruling that the trial judge had admitted erroneous testimony from accusers who were not directly involved in the charges against Weinstein.

A retrial in the case was scheduled for November, although prosecutors said it was “unrealistic.”

Allegations against Weinstein helped launch the MeToo movement in 2017, a watershed moment for women fighting sexual misconduct.

More than 80 women have accused him of harassment, sexual assault or rape, including prominent actors Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ashley Judd.

Weinstein has claimed that all sexual relationships in question were consensual.

In 1979, Weinstein and his brother Bob co-founded the well-known Hollywood film studio Miramax Films.

Her hits included 1994's “Pulp Fiction” and 1998's “Shakespeare in Love,” for which Weinstein won an Academy Award for Best Picture.

Agence-France Presse contributed to this report.