Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced former movie mogul, was moved to Rikers Island prison on Monday after a report that he was being kept in a private room at Bellevue Hospital Intensive Care Unit in New York City.

The room had its own phone, private bathroom and a television, The City reported. Weinstein had spent most of his day watching CNN and other TV programs. In addition, he spoke in person or on the phone to Arthur Aidala, the attorney handling his appeal. 

Weinstein, 72, was moved to the Manhattan public hospital hours after he was brought back to Rikers Island on April 27 after an appeals court threw out his 2020 rape conviction. 

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