Tags: Sexual Assault

He was scheduled to appear in a New York court this week. Disgraced former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was rushed to a hospital Monday from Rikers Island where he is being held for emergency heart surgery after he complained of chest pains, representatives say, as court date for sexual misconduct looms.

Seventh Judicial Circuit Court Presiding Judge Shannon Page issued an administrative order barring the suspect from being assigned to indigent defense cases following the revelations.

Christopher Hubbart, who has admitted to raping at least 40 women, has cycled through prisons and state psychiatric hospitals since his first conviction in 1972.