Lawsuit Accuses Celebrity Chef Michael Chiarello of Fairly Gross Sexual Harassment

A lawsuit filed Wednesday by two former servers at one of his restaurants accuses celebrity chef Michael Chiarello of some fairly gross, highly specific sexual harassment. The women say they were “forced to endure a hostile, sexually charged work environment” at the hands of Chiarello, his executive chef, and other…
Venture Capital Partner Quits After Lurid Lawsuit Accuses Him of 13 Years of Sexual Abuse [Updated]
A partner at a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley has resigned from his position, days after a lurid lawsuit was filed accusing him of sexually abusing a woman, then refusing to pay her a promised $40 million in compensation. Michael Lewis Goguen said the suit had nothing to do with his work at the firm, Sequoia…
Judge Tosses Paul Nungesser's Title IX Discrimination Lawsuit Against Columbia
Last spring, Paul Nungesser—best known as the alleged rapist of Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia alum who, for her senior thesis project, symbolically bore the weight of her assault by carrying her mattress across campus—filed a discrimination lawsuit against Columbia University. On March 11, that lawsuit was dismissed by…
Shamed Megachurch Pastor Mark Driscoll Accused of Fraud and Racketeering in New Lawsuit
Extra-manly megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll, who championed a brand of Christianity that focused a whole lot on being incredibly sexist and anti-gay, is being sued by former members of Mars Hill, the church he founded. The suit accuses Driscoll of fraud and racketeering, claiming he misappropriated church funds to try…
WTF Is Going on With Former Real Housewife Heather Thomson and Her Company Yummie?
Heather Thomson—who recently quit Real Housewives of New York to focus on her fashion brand, Yummie by Heather Thomson—is embroiled in a months-long lawsuit with Yummie’s manager, whom her lawyer says has “irreparably damaged” the company.
James Woods Is This Close to Discovering Who Called Him a 'Ridiculous Scum Clown-Boy' on Twitter
James Woods has spent the last six months engaged in two very meaningful pursuits: tweeting, mainly about politics—Obama is popular among people on welfare, Bernie Sanders is a “commie scarecrow”—and suing the anonymous Twitter user who called him a “cocaine addict” and a “ridiculous scum clown-boy.” On Wednesday,…
3 Female Managers Win Discrimination Suit Against Chipotle; Congratulations to My Queens
On Monday, according to WLWT, three former managers at a Cincinnati-area Chipotle won a gender discrimination lawsuit against the company, which is really having a banner year.
Ciara Files $15 Million Defamation Suit Against Future for Calling Her a Bad Mom
Since Ciara and Future broke up in August 2014, it’s the rapper who’s had the most to say about it, up to and including his most recent album EVOL, which includes numerous allusions to what could be construed as his ex. (On “Little Haiti Baby,” he raps, “You want an R&B chick? Shawty, it ain’t nothin’ to get her.”)
Lauren Conrad, a Blogger Just Like Us, Faces Photo Licensing Lawsuit
Lifestyle and fashion icon Lauren Conrad posted a pair of precious photos of surfing dogs on her site that turned out to be unauthorized. From one blogger to another, she should’ve known better—a photo agency is now suing her for using the photos without their consent.
Selfie-Loving Monkey Has Second Chance to Sue for Copyright Infringement
It is a truth universally acknowledged that any selfie-taking monkey must demand the copyright for her photographs. Or at least that seems to be what PETA is arguing. In September they filed a copyright lawsuit on the behalf of Naruto, the cheery macaque pictured above. The case was initially dismissed, but now Naruto…
Texas Teacher Wins $11.5M in Fifty Shades of Grey Lawsuit
It isn’t just E.L. James raking in all of that Fifty Shades of Grey dough. Jennifer Pedroza, an elementary schoolteacher from Fort Worth, Texas, just won $11.5 million due to a lawsuit she filed against Amanda Hayward, her former business partner. The two women worked for the Writer’s Coffee Shop, which initially…
