Once all-powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial is set to begin a year after a New York appeals court overturned his conviction.

Harvey Weinstein won a legal victory in his rape and sexual assault retrial in Manhattan, as his pleas to get out of the “hell hole” he calls Rikers Island were granted by the judge. The former Hollywood power broker will be transferred from the infamous New York City lockup to Bellevue Hospital,

Harvey Weinstein's legal team has petitioned the court to transfer him to Bellevue Hospital during his criminal retrial in New York.