Harvey Weinstein hospitalized for emergency heart surgery

Former Hollywood producerHarveyWeinsteinwas rushed to a hospital from a New York City prison on Sunday and underwent heart surgery on Monday, his representatives said.

Weinstein, 72, is due in court this week, where prosecutors have presented evidence to a New York grand jury to try and secure a new indictment against him on sex crimes charges.

Spokespeople for the Oscar winner said in a statement he had been taken to Bellevue Hospital on Sunday night because of several medical issues.

"We can confirm that Mr.Weinsteinhad a procedure and surgery on his heart today," Craig Rothfeld and Juda Engelmayer said. They did not provide any information on his condition.

ABC News first reported thatWeinsteinhad undergone heart surgery.

WATCH |Explaining the New York reversal of Weinstein's conviction:

Why Harvey Weinsteins rape conviction was overturned | About That

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Duration 8:49

New York's highest court has overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape, a landmark ruling of the #MeToo movement. Andrew Chang explains how the prosecution knew it was taking a gamble, and where that gamble went wrong.

Weinstein, who has denied having any non-consensual sexual encounters with anyone, was found guilty on rape charges in February 2020. The New York Court of Appeals threw out the conviction in April, findingWeinsteindid not get a fair trial because a judge improperly allowed testimony by accusers he was not formally charged with assaulting.

Weinsteinsuffers from diabetes, high blood pressure, spinal stenosis, fluid in his heart and lungs, and had recently contracted COVID and double pneumonia, his representatives have said.