Harvey Weinstein’s Well being Is ‘Quickly Deteriorating,’ Gaining A number of Weight

Harvey Weinstein‘s well being is failing … with the disgraced film producer quickly gaining weight and affected by extreme tongue irritation in New York Metropolis’s infamous Rikers Island jail.

Juda Engelmayer — a rep for Weinstein — tells TMZ … Harvey’s well being is “quickly deteriorating in custody,” exacerbated by the horrible circumstances at Rikers.

We’re instructed Weinstein has gained greater than 25 kilos since being transferred again from Bellevue Hospital a number of months in the past … 19 of these kilos within the final month alone.

This fast weight acquire provides severe dangers to his diabetes and coronary heart situation, Juda tells us … and, compounding his well being issues is extreme tongue irritation, making it troublesome to swallow, which has spurred actual considerations he’ll choke to demise. Weinstein, Juda says, is at the moment again at Bellevue so docs can deal with his tongue an infection.

Juda provides, “Ongoing points with missed and delayed drugs, chest palpitations that go unaddressed, and an absence of help for his severe mobility points” are additionally plaguing Weinstein … amounting to a medical disaster that should be addressed.

As well as, we’re instructed circumstances at Rikers are merely terrible … with inmates struggling freezing temperatures, an absence of fresh garments, and insufficient meals — and, all of that is harming Weinstein’s well being much more.

As … Weinstein has been coping with well being points behind bars for years — touchdown in native Bellevue Hospital a number of instances — coping with double pneumonia, a leukemia prognosis, and present process coronary heart surgical procedure … all prior to now yr.

Weinstein — who remains to be protesting his innocence after he was convicted of rape and several other different crimes again in 2022 — has spoken out from jail in latest days, nonetheless advocating for himself … and, throwing himself in the identical boat as actor Justin Baldoni. Weinstein inserted himself within the Baldoni-Blake Vigorous authorized battle, accusing The New York Occasions of cherry-picking data to suit a sure narrative in each of their circumstances.

In the meantime, Weinstein is pushing for his rape retrial to start … begging again in January, “I wish to be out of this hellhole … I need this to be over with.”