Jailed porn star Ron Jeremy is asking a Los Angeles judge to break up his serial rape case into separate trials for each of his 21 sex assault accusers. At a hearing Monday, the judge said he was ready to rule on Jeremy’s motion, filed Feb. 2, but prosecutors asked …
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UPDATE (12/17): Actress Zoe Lister-Jones accused Chris Noth of sexually inappropriate behavior in an Instagram post that followed two accusations of sexual assault against the Sex and the City star. Lister-Jones said she used to work at a New York club that Noth owned, and that when he would show …
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FKA Twigs is suing Shia LaBeouf, claiming the actor physically, emotionally, and mentally abused her while they were in a relationship that lasted just under a year, The New York Times reports. In the lawsuit filed Friday, FKA Twigs — real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett — accused LaBeouf of sexual …
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Ahead of opening statements in the Harvey Weinstein trial, which are set to begin on Wednesday, the disgraced movie mogul’s attorneys hinted at how they planned to try to discredit witnesses who have accused Weinstein of sexual assault and prove the encounters were consensual, The New York Times reports. One …
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Bill Cosby has appealed his 2018 conviction for sexual assault to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The filing comes one month after a three-judge panel on the Pennsylvania Superior Court voted unanimously against a separate appeal, in which Cosby claimed he had been denied a fair …
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Multiple women have accused Oscar-winning movie director Paul Haggis of sexual assault. Last month, publicist Haleigh Breest filed a civil suit alleging that the filmmaker, who picked up Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay Academy Awards for 2004’sCrash, of rape. On Friday, three other women came forward to The Associated …
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UPDATE: The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said that it is currently reviewing a sexual assault accusation against Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter, according to Deadline. *** Melissa Schuman, former member of teen-pop group Dream, has accused Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter of rape. In a detailed blog post, …
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In light of the flurry of high-profile sexual harassment allegations in Hollywood, Bryan Cranston told the BBC that it’s necessary to be “hypersensitive” about these issues. However, he says, redemption is and should be an option for disgraced individuals such as Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey. “It would take time,”the …
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