PARIS — TO BE FILED FRIDAY 0500 GMT – PHOTOS XPAR101-106 ON HOLD AT LONDON PHOTO DESK As French cinema basks in Oscars Academy Awards attention, actresses who allege they were teenage victims of sexual and physical abuse by directors decades older than them are shining the light on the repulsive underside of the country’s … Read more
Last Updated: February 22, 2024, 14:56 IST Dani Alves is a Barcelona court (Reuters) Brazilian footballer Dani Alves has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman in a Barcelona nightclub. Catalonia’s top court on Thursday found former Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022, … Read more
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission unanimously rejected a proposed settlement between the city and Les Moonves on Wednesday, saying a tougher penalty is warranted for the former CBS chief executive accused of interfering with a police investigation into sexual assault allegations against him. Moonves had agreed to pay an $11,250 fine … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Former CBS chief executive and president Les Moonves has agreed to pay a $11,250 fine to settle a complaint accusing him of interfering with a police investigation of a sexual assault case, according to documents released Friday by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission. According to the documents, Moonves acknowledged working closely … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Former CBS chief executive and president Les Moonves has agreed to pay a $11,250 fine to settle a complaint accusing him of interfering with a police investigation of a sexual assault case, according to documents released Friday by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission. According to the documents, Moonves acknowledged working closely … Read more
NEW YORK — Nearly four years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sent to prison, New Yorkâs highest court appeared torn at oral arguments Wednesday about potentially overturning the landmark #MeToo-era verdict. Weinsteinâs lawyers urged the stateâs Court of Appeals to dismiss the disgraced movie mogulâs 2020 conviction, arguing that the trial judge, … Read more
Leffler quit while the probe was ongoing, and later refused to be questioned An ex-prodigy from the Bronx High School of Science, who later became a chemistry teacher in the city, resigned last year following an investigation that revealed her involvement in an inappropriate relationship with a male student at the Manhattan high school where … Read more
Colorado legislators are moving to amend the state Constitution after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled a law giving child sex abuse victims a temporary window to file lawsuits over decades-old cases was unconstitutional. If passed, the amendment will appear on the November ballot. In a Wednesday morning news conference, state Sen. Jessie Danielson, state Sen. … Read more
Vince McMahon resigned from wrestling giant TKO Group and the subsidiary WWE that he founded, over a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and trafficking, which he said he will fight, the company said on Friday. “I have decided to resign from my executive chairmanship and the TKO board of directors, effective immediately,” McMahon said … Read more
By Larry Neumeister and Jake Offenhartz | Associated Press NEW YORK — A jury began deliberations Friday in the defamation trial against former President Donald Trump, deciding whether he owes writer E. Jean Carroll additional millions after a jury last year concluded that he sexually abused her in 1996. The jury began its work after … Read more
