Harvey Weinstein has been hit with new criminal charges in New York, a prosecutor said in court on Thursday, as the Manhattan district attorney's office prepares to retry the former movie mogul following the reversal of his rape conviction.

Jurors in Manhattan found Weinstein, 72, guilty on rape charges in 2020, but the New York Court of Appeals threw out the conviction in April, finding Weinstein did not get a fair trial because a judge improperly allowed testimony by accusers he was not formally charged with assaulting.

Manhattan prosecutors said in July that they were investigating additional violent sexual assaults allegedly committed by Weinstein after more women agreed to testify against the Miramax studio co-founder. He has denied ever having non-consensual sexual encounters with anyone.

During a hearing before Judge Curtis Farber in New York state court in Manhattan on Thursday, prosecutor Nicole Blumberg said a grand jury had indicted Harvey Weinstein on additional charges, but did not specify what those counts were.

Weinstein was not in court for the hearing. He was rushed to the hospital from a New York City jail on Sunday to undergo emergency heart surgery, and his lawyers say he is beset with health problems.

Farber has tentatively set a trial date for Nov. 12, but has said he is open to considering an earlier start.

Weinstein's lawyer has said it was unfair for prosecutors to seek to add additional victims to the case after the conviction was overturned.

"Once again we have a hotline: '1-800 Get Harvey," defense attorney Arthur Aidala said in court on July 9.

The onetime Hollywood kingmaker's health has deteriorated significantly in recent years, according to his representatives, and he is confined to a wheelchair due to back problems.

Despite the reversal of his New York conviction, Weinstein had remained in custody in New York because of a separate rape conviction in California.