Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded to an accusation that he sexually assaulted a family babysitter at his home by brushing off the incident, asserting that he is not a “church boy” and had a “very rambunctious youth.” In a wide-ranging report by Vanity Fair, the former employee accused the independent …
Read More »Museums Cancel Kehinde Wiley Exhibits Amid Sexual Assault Allegations
Following allegations of sexual assault and misconduct, several museums have decided not to go ahead with exhibits featuring the work of artist Kehinde Wiley, The New York Times reports. The Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Pérez Art Museum Miami both said they would not host the traveling Wiley exhibit, …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein Files to Appeal Los Angeles Rape Conviction
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein filed an appeal to overturn a rape and sexual assault conviction in Los Angeles, California, on Friday, NBC News reported, weeks after he successfully overturned a similar conviction in New York. Weinstein has requested a new trial. “Harvey Weinstein was tried by a system devoted …
Read More »Sean Combs Accused of Drugging and Assaulting College Student in New Lawsuit
Another woman has come forward to accuse Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexual assault, alleging the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted her four times between 1995 and the early 2000s, according to court documents filed on Thursday. April Lampros claimed she met Combs in early 1994 while she was a college student …
Read More »Roman Polanski Cleared of Defamation in Case Tied to Charlotte Lewis Rape Allegation
Roman Polanski was cleared of defamation charges in France in a case tied to a rape allegation brought by the British actress Charlotte Lewis. As The New York Times reports, Lewis accused Polanski of raping her in 1983, when she was 16, during a casting session for the film Pirates …
Read More »DJ Akademiks Sued for Rape and Defamation
DJ Akademiks is facing a new lawsuit accusing him of rape, sexual assault, and defamation. The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey and obtained by Rolling Stone, was filed by Fauziya “Ziya” Abashe, who dated the internet personality (real name Livingston Allen) after meeting him online in …
Read More »Gerard Depardieu to Stand Trial on Criminal Sexual Assault Charges
Gerard Depardieu will face criminal charges this fall stemming from accusations that he sexually assaulted two women on a set of the film The Green Shutters in 2021, The New York Times reports. The trial will take place in October, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. The criminal charges were …
Read More »Man Accusing CPAC Chair Matt Schlapp of Sexual Assault Was Paid $480,000: Report
The GOP strategist who accused Matt Schlapp of sexual assault last year reportedly received a hefty financial settlement to drop his lawsuit against the CPAC chairman — a day after Schlapp and his allies widely boasted on social media that the case had been dismissed. On Wednesday, the Daily Beast …
Read More »Vin Diesel Denies 'Every Allegation' Made in Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Vin Diesel denied the sexual assault allegations brought against him late last year by a woman who briefly worked as the actor’s assistant in 2010. On Monday, March 25, Diesel’s lawyers answered the suit, saying the actor denied “generally and specifically, each and every allegation” leveled by the plaintiff, Asta …
Read More »James Dolan Seeks to Dismiss 'Completely Manufactured' Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Lawyers for James L. Dolan, the chairman and CEO behind Madison Square Garden and the Sphere, are seeking to dismiss the sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by a masseuse he hired while on tour with the Eagles. In the lawsuit filed in January, plaintiff Kellye Croft claimed that in …
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