Harvey Weinstein whines that Rikers Island's carb-heavy meals are making his sugar go 'through the roof' as he begs to be let out after bombshell rape conviction U-turn

Harvey Weinstein's lawyer has whined that his Rikers Island carb-heavy fare is making his sweetener spell 'through nan roof' arsenic he begged to get him fto retired of jail.

The disgraced movie mogul's 2020 rape condemnation was overturned successful April, and he appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court connected Tuesday arsenic DA Alvin Bragg prepares to record caller charges against him.   

Today, nan charismatic revealed that they are going retired and looking for potential  victims for a caller indictment - and that they're aiming to effort nan lawsuit by November. 

His lawyer Arthur Aidala based on that if location is simply a lawsuit to beryllium made, the ball needs to get rolling alternatively than causing delays aft delays. 

He besides chronicled nan ailments Weinstein is facing aft astir 5 years successful prison, including really his meals successful nan New York jailhouse are negatively affecting his health.  

Prosecutor Nicole Blumberg told nan tribunal connected Tuesday: 'The group are still investigating trauma informed matter, violet intersexual battle we judge nan suspect committed wrong nan statue of limitations.

'It is an ongoing process. We don’t expect a hold but I can't springiness nan tribunal a circumstantial timeframe. We judge it will beryllium earlier nan fall.'

Weinstein’s lawyer Arthur Aidala said: 'We person been down this roadworthy before. We request abundant announcement earlier immoderate lawsuit truthful we tin supply grounds to nan expansive jury.

'Typically, location is simply a crime, truthful a complaining witnesser and past you hunt for nan defendant.

'Once again, they person a suspect looking for a crime which arsenic a national really troubles maine because that is not nan measurement it is expected to happen.

'They're expected to beryllium alerted to a crime. Here erstwhile again we person nan indictment and for illustration past time, hotline 1-800 get Harvey to find personification else.

'Mr Weinstein is successful his 5th twelvemonth being incarcerated based connected an forbidden condemnation and he has suffered tremendously.

'Since nan opening of his incarceration, 4 and a half years ago, Mr Weinstein has ever been successful a infirmary setting.'

Aidala said that he had a doctor's statement stating that Weinstein has fluid connected is heart, fluid successful his lungs, spinal scoliosis and glucosuria that is 'going done nan roof.'

He said that nan glucosuria was caused by 'the fare they springiness successful Rikers Island [which] is 90 percent carbohydrates which conscionable move into sugar.'

'His sweetener levels are done nan roof. He is fundamentally getting nary curen for immoderate of that. He regularly calls successful excruciating symptom and exhaustion,' he added. 

Aidala added that Mr Weinstein is successful a ward connected his ain and nan only interaction he has is pinch situation officers aliases group from his office.

‘We are trying to speak to nan city's attorneys to spot whether he tin spell backmost to a installation pinch onsite aesculapian attention.

'He needs immoderate relief. There is simply a ray astatine nan extremity of nan passageway for Mr Weinstein. He is not a young man, he is simply a sick man, he has young kids and wants to get out.

'It’s conscionable delay, delay, delay. All I americium asking for is time, we conscionable request to get nan shot rolling.’

Blumberg responded: 'There are surely nary hold strategies connected nan people’s part. We are moving successful nan astir expediting mode possible.

'We besides indicated we will proceed to activity diligently and move complete nan grounds connected a rolling basis. We went done and said to galore individuals who indicated nan suspect raped them successful Manhattan.

'We are actively pursuing those instances successful which we judge nan suspect forcibly raped and sexually assaulted women successful Manhattan which autumn successful that statute of limitations.

'There were women who were not fresh to proceed successful nan ineligible process, immoderate of those women are now ready.

'We are gathering pinch those individuals and diligently proceeding - that will not extremity america from processing to trial.

'We will instrumentality to that timeline. We intend to effort nan lawsuit successful fall. We judge November will beryllium a realistic timeline.'

Weinstein’s lawyer Adala said: ‘Mr Weinstein is begging america to move forward- we were talking astir September now we are talking astir November.'

The adjacent tribunal day is July 19.