Harvey Weinstein would like... wait. Seriously?

On the second day of jury selection for a sexual assault trial expected to last two months, a lawyer for Harvey Weinstein claimed the ex-film mogul may not live to see a verdict if the conditions of his holding cell don’t change.

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Mark Werksman, representing Weinstein, said that his client may suffer a heart attack or stroke because he’s held in an “unsanitary, fetid” cell alone in his wheelchair for up to four hours before being taken back to L.A.’s Twin Towers Correctional Facility, where he’s continuing to serve his existing 23-year sentence.

“It’s almost medieval — the conditions,” he said. “I’m concerned about his health and his ability to survive this ordeal. He’s 70 years old.”

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