Harvey Weinstein's team stresses sex crime retrial could lead to death, requests hospital stay

"Because of this mistreatment, he has been worn down considerably health wise, and now faces the stress of trial in this condition, which may very well lead to serious health complications, even death," Ansari said.

Judge Curtis Farber has not yet ruled on the request.

Weinstein had previously begged for his retrial to be moved up due to his health conditions, but Judge Farber did not allow it.

"I'm asking and begging you to switch," Weinstein told the judge in a rare direct address to the court in January. "I can't hold on anymore. I'm holding on because I want justice for myself."

Weinstein told Farber that he was given the "wrong pills" earlier that morning but "caught" the mistake at the "right moment."

"I am begging for you to move your date, so we can proceed with trial as quickly as possible, so I can get out of this hellhole," he claimed. "There are so many people suffering in Rikers island. They don't have the same mouthpiece. It's a medieval situation. This is something that has to be stopped."

However, the trial began as planned on April 15 with jury selection.

"Mr. Weinstein, who is suffering from a number of illnesses, including leukemia, has been deprived the medical attention that someone in his medical state deserves, prisoner or not. In many ways, this mistreatment constitutes cruel and unusual punishment," Juda Engelmayer previously told Fox News Digital in a statement.

In a 4-3 decision, the court found that Weinstein's trial judge allowed prosecutors to call women who said Weinstein had assaulted them to testify, even though their accusations did not specifically relate to the entertainment mogul's charges. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.