DISGRACED movie director Harvey Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault in 2020.

More than 80 women made allegations against Weinstein, which sparked the #MeToo movement and many sexual abuse accusations against powerful men around the world.

Is Harvey Weinstein still alive?

Weinstein is still alive, he is currently serving his 23-years prison sentence at Wende Correctional Facility in Erie County, New York.

While incarcerated he tested positive for Covid-19 in March 2020.

He reportedly did not show symptoms of the disease, however, he was placed in isolation at the prison, and has since recovered.

Despite his current sentence, Weinstein is still facing a criminal trial in Los Angeles, for rape and other sexual assault charges alleged against him.

If convicted out on the West Coast for all the charges he faces in LA, the disgraced movie director could be looking at a 140-year sentence.

Weinstein is expected to be extradited to Los Angeles sometime in 2021.

Who is Harvey Weinstein?

Weinstein, 69, is a former film producer and convicted sex offender.

He and his brother Bob Weinstein co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced successful films such as, Sex, Lies, And Videotape, The Crying Games, Pulp Fiction, Heavenly Creatures and many others.

After leaving Miramax, Weinstein and his brother Bob founded The Weinstein Company, a mini-major film studio.

He was co-chairman, alongside Bob, from 2005 to 2017.

In October 2017, following sexual abuse allegations, which dated back to the late 1970s, Weinstein was dismissed from his company and expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

By October 31, more than 80 women had made allegations against Weinstein.

Weinstein was arrested and charged with rape in New York in May 2018.

He was found guilty of two of five felonies in February 2020.

Who are his accusers and what is he accused of?

Big name actress such as Salma Hayek, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie were among the dozens of women who came forward with allegations ranging from rape to sexual harassment by Weinstein.

• Rose McGowan accused of raping her by performing oral sex in a hotel at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997, when she was 23 and had just appeared in Scream.
• Annabella Sciorra alleged Weinstein forced himself into her apartment in New York in 1992 and raped her.
• Ashley Judd alleged Weinstein asked her to go to his hotel room under the guise of a business meeting, but appeared in a bathrobe and asked if he could give her a massage or if she could watch him shower.
• Mira Sorvino claims Weinstein harassed her in a hotel room in 1995 by "massaging her shoulders" and got "more physical," with her.
• Salma Hayek claims she turned down repeated sexual advances from Weinstein while making the 2002 film Frida.
• Asia Argento claimed she reluctantly agreed to give him a massage in a hotel room on the French Riviera, but he then raped her.
• Lucia Evans encountered Weinstein in 2004 in a New York club when she was an aspiring actress. She says she was forced to perform oral sex by the producer after going to his office for what she thought was a casting meeting.
• Paz de la Huerta accused Weinstein of raping her twice in New York in 2010.
• Gwyneth Paltrow Paltrow alleged Weinstein asked her to give him a massage in his hotel suite after casting her in the leading role of 1996's Emma when she was 22.
• Mimi Haleyi alleged she was raped by Weinstein when he forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006 in his New York apartment.
• Dominique Huett alleged she was raped by Weinstein when he performed oral sex on her without her consent. She says he lured her to a hotel room in 2010 under the guise of helping her procure future TV and film roles.

• Natassia Malthe accused Weinstein of raping her in a London hotel after the 2008 Bafta Awards ceremony.
• Angelina Jolie claimed she was propositioned by Weinstein in a hotel room in 1998.
• Uma Thurman alleged Weinstein pushed her down and "tried to expose himself" at the producer's hotel room in London during the 1990s.
• Heather Graham She alleged he implied she had to sleep with him to get a film role, telling her that his wife would have been fine with it.
• Louisette Geiss claimed she was attacked by Weinstein when he invited her to his office in a hotel for a meeting about a script she had written in 2008. She claims he insisted on listening to her pitch in his hot tub, then asked her to watch him masturbate, she says – and told her he could green-light her script if she did so.
• Daryl Hannah claims she repeatedly turned down Weinstein's advances during promotion for Kill Bill and its sequel.
• Rosanna Arquette said she rejected Weinstein's advances and that she believes her acting career suffered as a result.
• Other stars to have detailed how he made advances in his home or hotel rooms include Brit Marling, Lupita Nyong'O, Lena Headey, Kate Beckinsale and many others.

Is his health declining?

In November 2020, it was reported that Weinstein is struggling with a number of health issues in prison.

He was closely monitored for a suspected case of Covid, due to a 101-degree fever he was battling.

After being found guilty in February 2020, Weinstein left the court in an ambulance and detoured to Bellevue Hospital, complaining of chest pains and high blood pressure.

A stent was later inserted to unblock an artery.

The sex offender has underlying health issues that include a heart condition, high blood pressure and spinal stenosis.

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