Harvey Weinstein rushed to a hospital for emergency heart surgery

Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was rushed from Rikers Island to Bellevue Hospital for emergency heart surgery, his lawyer confirmed Monday.

“He wasn’t feeling well yesterday, he let us know, and we let Rikers and Bellevue know and convinced them to rush him to Bellevue [Sunday],” Weinstein’s lawyer Arthur Aidala told the Daily News. “He was operated on [Monday]. It has to do with his heart. That’s all I know.”

A spokeswoman for Bellevue Hospital confirmed Weinstein is a patient there. His attorney said his client was in the ICU late Monday afternoon.

Manhattan prosecutors are retrying the 2020 rape and sex crimes case against him after an appellate court overturned his conviction in April, ruling that a judge at his criminal trial “erroneously” allowed testimony that wasn’t part of the case.

He had been sentenced to 23 years behind bars in February 2020 after being convicted on felony charges.

A grand jury finished hearing evidence against Weinstein on Friday and was potentially asked to vote on a new indictment — which would add to the case Manhattan prosecutors are retrying.

He is due in court Thursday though it’s unclear if he’ll be able to attend.

Weinstein was found guilty of three more sex-crime counts in Los Angeles in December 2022. He maintains his innocence.

Sexual misconduct accusations against Weinstein were largely responsible for accelerating the #MeToo movement, which began in 2006, but gained widespread attention in 2017. Nearly 100 women eventually came forward to accuse Weinstein of various degrees of sexual misconduct.

“She Said,” a 2022 movie about the investigation leading to Weinstein’s downfall, received critical acclaim.

The Department of Corrections declined to comment on Weinstein’s status.