The convicted sex offender fell and hit his head while trying to walk rather than use his wheelchair Sunday in jail, according to his representative.
fell and hit his head while trying to walk rather than use his wheelchair Sunday in jail, according to his representative.
Weinstein had been at Bellevue since Feb. 24, when he was convicted of two sex crimes and taken into custody pending sentencing. On his way to the city's main jail on an East River island, he suffered chest pains and high blood pressure and was diverted to Bellevue instead. "He was mean, he didn't often show respect, he treated some people with disdain, and he acknowledges it. He recognizes what put him here, and he will continue working on himself to be a better person."
The defense pushed for the minimum sentence of five years behind bars, citing that Weinstein has"no criminal history having spent no time previously incarcerated, his health concerns, his age, and as famous as he is" as reasons his sentence will"prove much more difficult" for him.
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