Rapist Harvey Weinstein survives coronavirus but will remain on suicide watch after release from quarantine – The Sun

CONVICTED rapist Harvey Weinstein survived coronavirus but remains on suicide watch, a prison official has revealed.

The disgraced movie mogul was placed in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 in march at Wende Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison east of Buffalo, New York.

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Although the 68-year-old reportedly suffers from high blood pressure, heart problems, severe diabetes and a spine condition, he has overcome a fever and persistent cough.

A close source told DailyMail.com: “We lost contact with him and were unable to get in touch with him after he tested positive because he was placed in isolation and under quarantine.

“He had a fever and cough. The man is in poor health normally speaking, and has multiple pre-existing conditions.
“Honestly, I was very concerned. I can't believe he made it through this. I was definitely thinking this would be the end of him.”

Weinstein is serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault.

Last month, Weinstein is said to have told prison staff he believed he had the virus when he entered the state prison system from Rikers Island where a number of inmates have the virus.

A state correction official confirmed March 22 that Weinstein was one of two inmates at Wende to test positive.

The Oscar-winning producer of 'Shakespeare in Love' was sentenced last month to 23 years in the #MeToo case.

He received 20 years on the criminal sex act charge for forcibly performing oral sex on production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006.

He was sentenced to three years for third degree rape for a 2013 attack on Jessica Mann.

Weinstein's attorney Donna Rotunno has suggested that he will now die in prison, saying after his sentencing that he “won't see the light of day.”

He also faces charges in Los Angeles where prosecutors filed a separate set of sexual assault charges against Weinstein in January.

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