Calling Rikers a “stain on this city,” Weinstein, 72, said he was advocating on behalf of all detainees at the jail.

The disgraced movie mogul asked for his trial to be accelerated, calling Rikers Island a “hellhole.” He faces three sex-crime charges.

Weinstein pushed at a court hearing for an earlier trial date, citing his health. "I can’t hold on anymore," he said.

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Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Curtis Farber said scheduling prevented him from holding the trial at and earlier date.

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein begged a judge on Wednesday to move up his April 15th trial date on sex crimes charges, invoking conditions at the infamous Rikers Island facility where he’s currently being held.

Harvey Weinstein has begged a court in New York to bring forward his retrial for sex crimes, citing his deteriorating health and conditions at the Rikers Island prison, which he called a "hell hole".

I need to get out of this hellhole as quickly as possible,” the ex-movie mogul, who is being held in New York’s Rikers Island, said at a recent hearing.

One-time Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein will face a retrial on sexual misconduct charges on April 15 in New York, a judge said Wednesday.

Harvey Weinstein begged a judge Wednesday to hold his #MeToo retrial as soon as possible, telling him “I don’t know how much longer I can hold on” with cancer, heart issues and harsh conditions at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex.