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| Subject: Coronavirus Good News: Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus Sun Mar 22, 2020 10:03 pm | |
| Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for COVID-19, and has been put into isolation in New York state prison, according to a report from a local newspaper. The disgraced movie mogul and convicted rapist is currently serving a 23-year term at the Wende Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison outside Buffalo, New York, after being found guilty on two charges of a criminal sex act and rape in the third degree.
Weinstein is one of two inmates at Wende Correctional Facility who have tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Niagara Gazette, a local newspaper in Albany, New York. When contacted by Variety, Weinstein's spokesman said he did not have information regarding Weinstein testing positive for COVID-19. Variety also spoke to an attorney for Weinstein and his prison consultant, who both also said they could not confirm the report. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) confirmed to Variety that out of 43,000 inmates in custody statewide, only two cases have been confirmed. Both of those cases are at Wendy. DOCCS would not confirm Weinstein's condition, due to their privacy policy. The Niagara Gazette report cites "officials connected to the state prison system," as their sources who say Weinstein has tested positive for the virus, but spoke to the paper anonymously, since they were not authorised to speak on Weinstein's condition. The sources told the newspaper it is believed Weinstein had already contracted the virus by the time he entered the state prison system last Wednesday when he was transferred from Rikers Island in New York City.
https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/harvey-weinstein-positive-coronavirus-223157552.html
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