Tag Archives: sexual-assault

Gérard Depardieu will return to criminal court in Paris for a new rape and sexual assault trial tied to accusations brought by the actress Charlotte Arnould, The Associated Press reports. Depardieu is accused of sexually assaulting Arnould and rape by digital penetration. The alleged attack took place at Depardieu’s home …

Tim Ballard, the anti-trafficking activist who made his name with wildly exaggerated “rescues” of victims abroad, has faced a mountain of legal woes since he was forced out of Operation Underground Railroad, the organization he founded, over allegations of misconduct. But a recent ruling gives him one less sexual assault …

Writer and activist Patrice Griffin has settled a child sexual assault civil case with former Quad Recording Studios owner Luis Gonzalez and the studio itself for undisclosed amounts, her attorney Hugo Ortega tells Rolling Stone. Gonzalez and the studio were codefendants in a lawsuit that accused Gonzalez of failing to …

Marilyn Manson’s Brighton, England show, which was scheduled for October, has been canceled amid calls against him performing at Brighton Centre via an online protest and a Member of Parliament. The first leg of his One Assassination Under God Tour in Europe was set to kick off in the U.K. …

A woman who is suing Sean Combs for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting her in 2003 has filed a separate lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein. In an amended suit filed Friday, May 30, in Manhattan Federal Court and obtained by Rolling Stone, former model Crystal McKinney alleges that in 2003, Weinstein …

Politicians and prosecutors around the world have their sights trained on Andrew Tate. The “manosphere” influencer, 38, is under investigation in the U.S., the U.K, and Romania. He and his brother Tristan Tate, 36, have been accused of rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal organization to sexually exploit women. …

Russell Brand pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of rape and sexual assault at a London courthouse Friday, May 30, The New York Times reports. The hearing lasted just 10 minutes, during which Brand reportedly stood in a plexiglass box at the back of the courtroom and responded to each …

Gérard Depardieu was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021, The New York Times reports. The French actor received an 18-month suspended sentence, and his name will be added to the national sex offender registry. Depardieu will also face civil penalties, with the judge …

Russell Brand appeared in a London court for the first time since being charged with rape, indecent assault, and sexual assault last month, The Associated Press reports. At the largely procedural appearance at the Westminster Magistrates’ court on Friday, May 2, Brand was granted conditional bail and read the charges …

Harvey Weinstein’s retrial on sexual-assault and rape charges in New York began April 23, with prosecutors saying of the disgraced movie mogul: “The defendant wanted their bodies, and the more they resisted, the more forceful he got.” During her opening statement, Assistant District Attorney Shannon Lucey outlined the charges against …