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Harvey Weinstein Headed Back to Jail After Hospital Stay

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He was treated for high blood pressure after being sentenced to 23 years in prison.

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Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is headed back to Rikers Island on Monday after a second hospital stay, his spokesperson told The Daily Beast. The convicted rapist was brought to Bellevue Hospital for a blood pressure spike after being sentenced last week to 23 years in prison. After his conviction in February, Weinstein also was hospitalized for heart palpitations and had a stent placed to open up a blockage, his spokesperson previously said.

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