Harvey Weinstein says prison is 'hell'

Harvey Weinstein repeatedly claimed in a recent interview that he was not guilty of any crimes. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LOS ANGELES - Disgraced movie mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein says life in prison is “hell” in an interview where he repeatedly claimed he was not guilty of any crimes.

The man who once effectively ruled Hollywood before a spectacular fall from grace at the start of the #MeToo movement said he is trapped in his cell at New York’s Rikers Island, with only guards for company.

“It’s too dangerous for me to be around anyone else. Other inmates get to go to the yard. But every time I’m out there, I feel like I’m under siege,” Weinstein told The Hollywood Reporter in an extraordinary interview published March 10.

“One time while I was waiting to use the phone, I asked the guy in front of me if he was done. He got off and punched me hard in the face.

“I fell on the floor, bleeding everywhere. I was hurt really badly.”

The Oscar-winning producer, who shepherded films including Shakespeare In Love and Pulp Fiction to the screen, was the ultimate power player in Hollywood for decades, credited with making careers – and blamed for breaking just as many.