Survivors of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and other wealthy elites gathered Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to demand accountability and the release of more information related to Epstein’s network of sexual abuse. One survivor said she was part of a group creating their own list of names …
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In a March 3 Instagram post, singer and rapper Bri Steves wrotes that she was a victim of “mental and sexual abuse from men nearly 20 years older than me” while she was coming up in the music industry and signed to a label and a production company. “They smiled …
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Months before The Umbrella Academy’s premiere in February 2019, showrunner Steve Blackman knew he’d delivered Netflix a hit series. Forty-five million households would tune in to the first season —making it Netflix’s third-most-watched television series that year, behind Stranger Things and The Witcher. Anticipating a quick greenlight for Season Two, …
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FKA Twigs‘ lawyers denounced Shia LaBeouf‘s request for her “highly private” records. The news arrives ahead of the October trial for Twigs‘“relentless abuse” lawsuitagainst LaBeouf. The singer, whose real name is Tahliah Debrett Barnett, accused LaBeouf of sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress during their relationship. The suit …
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In 2004, Bonnie Allen was a 12-year-old girl in Wilmington, Delaware, who loved Spongebob Squarepants, Lizzie McGuire, and the Grease soundtrack. She had fine, corn-colored hair she regularly chopped up and dyed jet black or Elmo red, and a grin that stretched across the entire bottom half of her face, …
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Two women have come forward to accuse Jonathan Majors of abuse, two months after the Marvel star was convicted of recklessly assaulting his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari. The women, Emma Duncan and Maura Hooper, spoke to The New York Times and alleged Majors was physically and/or emotionally abusive during their overlapping …
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As a victim of the “troubled teen industry,” Paris Hilton spoke on Capitol Hill in 2021 to advocate on behalf of survivors of the controversial child-rehabilitation system. The opening moments of Netflix’s Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare features a clip of Hilton’s speech in front of Congress detailing her experience as …
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Jodi Hildebrandt, podcast co-host and business partner of infamous mommy vlogger Ruby Franke, pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of felony aggravated child abuse, news station KUTV reports. Similar to Franke’s plea last week, two of Hildebrandt’s counts were dropped as part of a currently undisclosed plea deal. (Representatives for …
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When I was a kid growing up in the Berkeley flatlands, I used to play with a couple of neighbor kids, Tony and his little brother, Mikey. One day in 1979, two men got out of a car, approached Tony and Mikey’s house, and beat another man with a club. …
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Every now and then a subject comes along that seemed compelling enough to the right decision-makers to somehow become the focus of multiple projects. Seeing the competition on the horizon, producers and distributors press their pedal to the metal instead of ceding ground. This is how we end up with …
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