Harvey Weinstein is worried about how his health will suffer in prison and now uses a wheelchair to get around because his walker had to be confiscated under jailhouse rules, his rep told The Post on Tuesday.
“He’s doing as well as he can. He is a little grumpy and proclaiming his innocence and saying that he wants everyone to keep fighting for him,” spokesman Juda Engelmayer said of Weinstein, who was taken to Bellevue Hospital from Manhattan court Monday after being convicted of rape and forced oral sex involving two female victims.
“Harvey is always worried about his health and worries what prison time will do to him. His physical health is not strong enough to survive prison,” Engelmayer said.
The convicted former Hollywood powerhouse producer faces a minimum of five years and up to 29 years behind bars when sentenced March 11.
He was taken to Bellevue after reportedly suffering high blood pressure and heart palpitations. The judge had ordered him remanded to jail while he awaits his sentence, and his camp requested that if released from the hospital before then, he get sent to an infirmary on Rikers Island. The Department of Corrections will ultimately make that determination.
“He’s in a hospital room in Bellevue and has two guards posted outside his room,” Engelmayer said of Weinstein, who had been using a walker to get to and from court.
“They took away his walker before and put him in a government-issued wheelchair to push him around until they can determine how capable he is on his own to walk,” the spokesman said.
The rep quipped that his camp was told “we could hide a shiv in there, and [authorities] wouldn’t know. So if he needs a walker, it will be a prison-issued walker.”