Harvey Weinstein claims the New York jail the place he is doing time is failing to offer him the medical care he wants … to the purpose the place he fears for his life.
The disgraced film mogul simply filed a declare with the Workplace of the NYC Comptroller, alleging the circumstances at Rikers Island are making his laundry checklist of medical points even worse.
Within the docs, obtained by TMZ, Weinstein claims his medical circumstances deteriorated considerably and dangerously throughout his incarceration at Riker Island … and he is blaming it on the jail.
Weinstein says the jail is aware of he suffers from leukemia, diabetes, coronary artery illness, obstructive sleep apnea, thyroid points, weight problems, hypertension and extra … and he claims the care he is getting falls under the usual of care.
HW says he is suffered vital and ongoing bodily and psychological accidents, emotional misery, lack of enjoyment of life … and desires no less than $5 million in damages.
In a press release, Weinstein’s lawyer Imran H. Ansari tells TMZ … “Harvey Weinstein has suffered considerably from the deplorable conditions on Rikers Island. … When I last visited him, I found him with blood spatter on his prison garb, possibly from IV’s, clothes that had not been washed for weeks, and he had not even been provided clean underwear – hardly sanitary conditions for someone with severe medical conditions and susceptibility to illness.”
Ansari provides … “I questioned whether I was in a prison facility that is supposed to be managed in accordance with our constitution, or a gulag where the prisoners are treated like animals.”
