Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with leukemia. His spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, confirmed the update in a statement that also noted the disgraced movie mogul was “suffering from a number of illnesses” today,

Harvey Weinstein is back in the emergency room after an "alarming blood test result" required hospitalization, his legal team and spokesperson told PEOPLE on Monday in separate statements.

NEW YORK -- Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Monday following an “alarming blood test,” his attorney said, less than a week after the disgraced movie mogul filed a legal claim alleging substandard medical care at New York City's notorious jail complex.

HARVEY Weinstein has been rushed to hospital again following “alarming” blood test results. The convicted sex offender, 72, was hospitalized for emergency treatment just days after

‘Harvey Weinstein, who has been suffering from a lack of adequate medical care and enduring deplorable and inhumane conditions on Rikers Island, has been transported to Bellevue Hospital for emergent treatment due to an alarming blood test result that requires immediate medical attention,’ it read.

Harvey Weinstein has been taken back to New York City's Bellevue Hospital for "emergent treatment due to an alarming blood test result that requires immediate medical attention," his attorney, Imran Ansari,

The 72-year-old required "immediate medical attention" following the test and was taken from the Rikers Island jail complex to Bellevue Hospital in New York City, according to his lawyers.

Harvey Weinstein has been transported back to Bellevue Hospital, after receiving an “alarming” blood test result, his attorney said Monday. Weinstein, 72, has been held at Rikers Island while he awaits a retrial on rape charges next year in New York.