LOS ANGELES — When Harvey Weinstein surrendered in 2018 to face charges of rape and sexual assault, he stood defiant, marching into a downtown Manhattan police precinct carrying a biography of a famed Hollywood figure who had become a pariah in the film industry.
The years since have left Weinstein, 70, a disgraced, debilitated shell of the pugnacious movie titan he once was. Now a convicted rapist, he is serving a 23-year sentence in a New York prison and had to settle a multimillion-dollar civil suit filed by dozens of his accusers.
The production company that bore Weinstein's name has ceased to exist and his body is failing. He spends most of his time in a wheelchair, and his attorneys have previously described him as "technically blind" and recently said his teeth are rotting.
