Harvey Weinstein begged a judge Wednesday to hold his retrial on sex crimes as soon as possible, telling him "I don't know how much longer I can hold on" with cancer, heart issues and harsh conditions at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex. The disgraced movie mogul objected after Judge Curtis Farber said the retrial would start April 15, imploring him to swap with another, unrelated trial the judge has in March. "Every day I'm at Rikers Island, it's a mystery to me how I'm still walking," Weinstein said at a hearing in state court in Manhattan.
"I'm holding on because I want justice for myself and I want this to be over with," he said. Weinstein, 72, is being treated for numerous health conditions, including chronic myeloid leukemia, heart issues and diabetes. He complained to Farber that jail officers gave him the wrong pills Wednesday morning and failed to pick him up for court in a timely fashion.
"So many people are suffering on Rikers Island," he said. Weinstein pushed for Judge Curtis Farber to swap with another, unrelated trial the judge has in March, after it was said the retrial would start April 15. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times via The Associated Press) Weinstein arrived in court in a wheelchair more than a half-hour after the hearing's scheduled start time.
At times, as he addressed Farber, he sounded more like the imperious studio boss he once was. "I'm asking and begging you, your honour, to move your trial," Weinstein said, suggesting that even a.
