Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with bone marrow cancer while serving prison sentence

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Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, a type of bone marrow cancer. He is currently receiving treatment while serving his sentence at Rikers Island in New York. This diagnosis adds to Weinstein's recent health issues, which include emergency heart surgery and hospitalization for double pneumonia and COVID-19. He also has a history of high blood pressure and diabetes. Weinstein remains in prison for multiple sexual assault convictions, with ongoing appeals and a retrial scheduled for a previous conviction that was overturned. He denies all allegations of sexual misconduct.


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