What’s next for Harvey Weinstein? He remains hospitalized, 'will be monitored closely'

Two days after his conviction on third-degree rape and criminal sexual act in the first degree, Harvey Weinstein remained in New York City’s Bellevue Hospital.

"The Department of Corrections chooses where to place him," explained Weinstein's rep Juda Engelmayer in an email to USA TODAY. "He's on 10 medications, had back surgery, is certified disabled by doctors and therefore he will be monitored closely regardless of facility."

Weinstein was transported to the hospital while en route to Rikers Island, the city’s prison complex, due to high blood pressure, one of his lawyers, Donna Routunno, said after Monday’s verdict, during which Weinstein was found guilty of sex crimes against Miriam “Mimi” Haleyi and Jessica Mann.

Engelmayer explained: "He needs to have proper medical attention given his condition. He would receive the same medical attention and care at Rikers."

The 67-year-old, once a power player in Hollywood, was found not guilty of three more serious charges, including those that would have labeled him a sexual predator and carried a possible life sentence.

Still, he is facing five to 25 years in prison, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said following the verdict.

Weinstein will be sentenced on March 11, and he will be confronted by at least one of his accusers.

Haleyi, who testified at the weekslong trial that Weinstein forced oral sex on her in 2006, told “Good Morning America” she intends to give a statement and address Weinstein at his sentencing, though she is not yet sure what she will say: “I’ll figure it out.”

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She was in a coffee shop when she learned of the verdict.

“I just sat down, and I started crying, and I had to go out into the street because I didn’t want to be crying in a coffee shop,” she said. “It was just a huge sense of relief – relief that the jury got it; that they believed me and that I was heard.”

She said it was “terrifying” to take the stand but ultimately decided to do so because she felt it was the right thing.

And Weinstein will still have to face more accusers in the coming months.

He faces multiple civil suits from dozens of accusers; a proposed settlement in the civil cases is on hold and at least some of the plaintiffs have rejected it as not good enough in terms of either money or punishment.

“Weinstein may have been able to avoid testifying in the criminal trial, but he will not be afforded that right in his civil trials," said Douglas Wigdor, an attorney for civil plaintiffs who have rejected the proposed settlement. "I relish the day when I get to cross-examine him and ask him to answer for the wrongs he has committed against so many women.”

Weinstein's Los Angeles case is pending

Meanwhile, the same day his New York trial began jury selection, Weinstein was charged in Los Angeles with four sex crimes that involved raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over two days in 2013.

The charges are one felony count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint.

The latter charge involves Lauren Young, who testified in New York as a “prior bad acts” witness. (Her testimony was permitted at trial as a means to bolster the prosecution's case but he was not charged with committing a crime against Young in New York.) In Los Angeles, she will be a complaining witness.

“I want to say there is still time for more victims to come forward and testify potentially in LA because it’s not over till it’s over, and it’s not over yet,” her attorney Gloria Allred said on “Good Morning America.”

The other complaining witness in Los Angeles is an Italian model whose name has not been disclosed.

The Los Angeles case is on hold; Weinstein has not yet been arraigned. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office declined to comment on the timeline for Weinstein's arraignment there.

Weinstein's legal team plans for appeal

This will all be going on while Weinstein's team of lawyers, among them Routunno and Arthur Aidala, work vigorously on appeals.

On Tuesday, Aidala, who was on his way to Bellevue to check on Weinstein, told USA TODAY the defense team planned to immediately seek bail pending appeal for Weinstein. Aidala said it's still up in the air whether Weinstein will hire a new team of appellate lawyers for the appeal of the verdict.

Among other issues for the main appeal, Weinstein’s lawyers could challenge Judge James Burke’s decision not to delay the trial when authorities in Los Angeles announced charges.

The defense appeal could also cite Burke's decision allowing three accusers of Weinstein to testify as "prior bad acts" witnesses to bolster the prosecution's assertion that Weinstein had an identifiable pattern of criminal conduct. Aidala said such testimony is supposed to be allowed if its probative value outweighs its prejudicial damage.

"That kind of evidence is allowed if it shows a 'common scheme or plan' " and that was not the case with these witnesses, Aidala said. "They described three very different (alleged assaults by Weinstein), so typically that wouldn’t come in because it prejudices the jury."

The defense team also was upset that some evidence was turned over to them at the last minute or after witnesses had testified. In one instance, an accuser said she found the dress she was wearing the night of an alleged encounter with Weinstein just days before she was to take the witness stand – too late, the defense said, for it to be tested for DNA.

Aidala said Tuesday that Weinstein was “somewhat flabbergasted by the verdict” but remained “cautiously optimistic” he could prevail on appeal.

Contributing: The Associated Press

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