Harvey Weinstein is taking legal action against New York City over jail conditions one of his lawyers likens to "a gulag where the prisoners are treated like animals." A legal claim filed Tuesday is the first step toward a lawsuit against the city,

Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized for "emergent treatment due to an alarming blood test result that requires immediate medical attention," his attorney said.

Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Monday following an "alarming blood test," his attorney said, less than a week after the disgraced movie mogul filed a legal claim alleging substandard medical care at New York City's notorious jail complex.

Harvey Weinstein was hospitalised on Monday (December 2) following an "alarming blood test", his attorney confirmed. The 72-year-old disgraced movie mogul was moved from the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City to the Bellevue Prison Ward for urgent medical attention.