Tag Archives: sexual-assault

Filmmaker James Toback has been accused of using “his reputation, power and influence in the entertainment industry” to “lure” women “into compromising situations where he falsely imprisoned, sexually abused, assaulted, and/or battered them,” according to a lawsuit filed in the New York Supreme Court on Monday, the Daily Beast reports. …

Bill Cosby is facing a new sexual abuse lawsuit, with five women accusing him of groping, raping, and drugging them in separate instances as far back as 1969, as well as during the Eighties and Nineties. The suit, obtained by Rolling Stone, was filed by Lili Bernard, Eden Tirl, Jewel …

Jeffrey Epstein‘s estate has agreed to pay the U.S. Virgin Islands more than $105 million in cash to settle a lawsuit alleging the disgraced late financier used the territory as a base for trafficking of young women and children to his secluded private island, Reuters reports. The settlement comes nearly …

In a three-day testimony, Jane Doe No. 1 took the stand against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. On Monday, Weinstein’s attorney’s called their first three witnesses, who testified on details regarding Jane Doe No. 1’s allegations that Weinstein raped her and forced her to perform oral sex. She alleged that …

Former Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll filed an upgraded lawsuit against former PresidentDonald Trumpon Thanksgiving, the first day of New York’s new Adult Survivors Act, the Associated Press reports. The one-year lookback window enables survivors of sexual offenses that occurred when they were over the age of 18 to sue …

In late February 2020, Evelyn Yang gathered at Foley Square in Manhattan with a handful of survivors in the hopes of pulling off something unprecedented. Her husband, Andrew Yang, had recently wrapped his presidential campaign, and all of the travel and scheduling demands that went along with that bid had …

In a video posted to TikTok, a user called Truecrimecam told their followers the bombshell news from the YouTube community: Jared Leisek, creator of a popular scuba-diving missing persons team, is facing serious criminal accusations. “The founder of Adventures With Purpose was just charged with two counts of child ‘R,’” …

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, actress and documentary filmmaker, burst into tears as she began her testimony at Harvey Weinstein’s trial in Los Angeles on Monday, The Associated Press reports. Known as Jane Doe #4 in the case, Siebel Newsom is married to Gov. Gavin Newsom and alleges she was raped by …

Raveena is opening up about a recent “devastating” experience. The Indian-American singer revealed on Friday that she was recently sexually assaulted while on tour and asked her fans to “respect my personal space” as she copes with the trauma. “I was sexually assaulted a few days ago and it’s been …

Crash filmmaker and Million Dollar Baby screenwriter Paul Haggis was ordered to pay publicist Haleigh Breest $7.5 million after a jury found him liable for raping her in 2013, The New York Times reports.Now, an addition $2.5 million in damages has been ordered, bringing his total to $10 million. “I’ve …