Harvey Weinstein transferred from Rikers Island to Bellevue Hospital for retrial on sex charges

Dumitru Socican

April 21 (UPI) -- Disgraced former Hollywood legend Harvey Weinstein will remain in Bellevue Hospital this week as his retrial gets underway and jury selection continued. Last week, jury selection started for Weinstein's retrial over years-long sex crime allegations. Weinstein, 73, was found guilty five years ago of third-degree rape that triggered the #MeToo movement and he was sentenced to 23 years in prison. However, Weinstein's conviction was overturned last year by a New York appeals court,