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Harvey Weinstein says he will be proven innocent in first interview from jail
Harvey Weinstein denies sexual assault allegations and describes harsh isolation, health issues, and threats during his incarceration at Rikers Island, while awaiting retrial in New York.
- On March 10, 2026, Harvey Weinstein, 73, former film producer, gave his first sit-down interview from Rikers Island, New York, telling The Hollywood Reporter he will be proven innocent.
- Court appeals culminated in Weinstein's 2025 retrial, following 2017 accusations from more than 80 women and overturned 2020 convictions.
- Describing life at Rikers, Harvey Weinstein said he spends 23 hours a day in his cell, is wheeled out for half an hour daily, and was once punched by another inmate, leaving him bleeding on the floor.
- On March 4, 2026, Harvey Weinstein appeared in New York court and The New York Post reports he is due for a retrial there next month.
- Cut off from former colleagues, Harvey Weinstein says most have ended contact, he no longer speaks with Georgina Chapman, fashion designer and ex-wife, who allows their two children to visit, and his celebrity now increases threats behind bars.
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The former American film producer is incarcerated for rape and sexual assault in Rikers Island Prison in New York. He is to be retried in April for the assault of the aspiring actress Jessica Mann.
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein, incarcerated for rape and sexual assault, portrayed his life in prison on Tuesday as "a hell."
Harvey Weinstein calls prison ‘hell’ in interview behind bars
Disgraced movie mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein says life in prison is “hell” in an interview where he repeatedly claimed he was not guilty of any crimes. The man who once effectively ruled Hollywood before a spectacular fall from grace at the start of the #MeToo movement said he was trapped in his cell at New York’s Rikers Island, with only guards for company. “It’s too dangerous for me to be around anyone else. Other inmates get to…
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Harvey Weinstein during his interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is speaking out from behind bars. In a lengthy interview conducted from New York’s Rikers Island jail complex with The Hollywood Reporter, Weinstein lashed out at the #MeToo movement and the wave of allegations that ultimately landed him in prison. Once one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood, Weinstein claimed the global backla…
The Hollywood Reporter published an exclusive interview with former Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein, a prisoner at Rikers, the famous prison on an island of Queens, for cases of abuse. In recent years, the 73-year-old producer has been hospitalized for a long list of diseases: diabetes, a heart operation, and cancer. The spinal stenosis that he suffers keeps him in a wheelchair most of the time. Due to his ailments, he is being held in …
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