He still faces sexual assault charges in Los Angeles, which were announced just hours after his New York trial began in January.
Weinstein was moved to the prison on Rikers Island in New York on Thursday having undergone heart surgery.
Another witness described Weinstein attacking his brother Bob Weinstein so badly that “he bled a great deal and was briefly unconscious”.
The jury acquitted Weinstein on the most serious charges, which carried a potential life sentence.
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