Harvey Weinstein’s Attorney Urges Judge to Improve ‘Medieval’ and ‘Unhygienic’ Conditions in Holding Cell, Says His Toilet Is ‘Virtually Unusable’
variety.comElizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent On the second day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s Los Angeles trial, the former movie producer was wheeled into the courtroom, having changed from his jail attire into a suit. “Hi everyone,” he said, greeting jurors from the defense table where he had climbed into a seat from his wheelchair.
But before Weinstein faced a group of 71 potential jurors in his rape and sexual assault trial, his attorneys had another issue to raise with the court: the “unsanitary” and “fetid” conditions of Weinstein’s holding cell. “It’s almost medieval, the conditions.
I’m concerned about his health and his ability to survive this ordeal,” one of Weinstein’s lawyers, Mark Werksman, told Judge Lisa B.
Lench. “I’m worried about him surviving this ordeal without a heart attack or stroke.” “I hate to use the word special treatment,” Werksman continued. “He’s a 70-year-old man with health issues.” Weinstein’s attorney suggested that his client does not have access to a toilet in the holding cell. “He’s not deprived of a toilet.
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