Awaiting a new New York trial next year on additional sex crimes charges, Harvey Weinstein seems to be wishing he was spending Thanksgiving behind bars at the Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo and not at Rikers Island.

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging the disgraced Hollywood mogul is receiving poor medical care and living in an unhygienic environment at the Rikers Island jail complex.

Harvey Weinstein's lawyers filed a legal claim alleging that he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic conditions while in custody at Rikers Island.

Harvey Weinstein’s legal team filed court documents Tuesday alleging that Rikers Island, the notorious New York jail where he’s awaiting a new trial on rape charges, has been medically neglecting him and providing unsafe living conditions.

Harvey Weinstein is taking legal action against New York City over jail conditions one of his lawyers likens to "a gulag where the prisoners are treated like animals." A legal claim filed Tuesday is the first step toward a lawsuit against the city,