Disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein is rotting in jail — and so are his teeth.
Weinstein says the situation has gotten so bad that it is a dental “emergency” and he needs to get his teeth fixed by a private dentist because the prison dentists will just yank out the teeth, according to the New York Post.
“This situation is an emergency,” Weinstein told a judge after being wheeled into a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday. “I will pay for the dentist … it will be one trip and one trip only.”
L.A. Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench noted Weinstein had visited the medical bay at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility — where he’s jailed pending an Oct. 10 trial on charges he sexually assaulted five women between 2004 and 2013 — twice, but has not resolved his issues, the Post reported.
Weinstein’s lawyer Mark Werksman said jail dentists offered him two choices: pull the teeth without replacement or leave them to continue decaying.
Weinsteen, 70, is serving 23 years already but says he needs a bridge or fake teeth to fill gaps to look “presentable” at trial for his latest charge.
“I’m in pain every day. I have cavities and I can’t eat because I’m missing teeth,” Weinstein said.
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