David Keyes, the Israeli Prime Minister’s foreign media spokesman, is taking a leave of absence after the Times of Israel reported that 12 women accused him of sexual misconduct including forced oral sex, forcible kissing, and “overly aggressive advances.”
Porn star Ron Jeremy is accused of sexual assault by several women—but that didn’t stop him from proudly strutting down a New York Fashion Week runway wearing a purple velvet suit and hairy chest. Jeremy, famously nicknamed The Hedgehog, took his runway spin during Nina Athanasiou’s show over the weekend, according to …
Chris Hardwick returned to Talking Dead on Sunday night, for the first time since his ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra accused him of sexual and emotional abuse. But a number of staffers who worked on the show did not return.
Charges have been filed against a Pennsylvania pediatrician who in January was arrested for molesting more than two dozen children, in many cases while their parents were in the exam room.
Welcome back to the tidal wave of sexual abuse allegations currently sweeping the Catholic church: Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has tendered his resignation to the pope weeks after he was removed from the ministry following an investigation into an allegation that he sexually abused a 16-year-old. This comes weeks…
The Catholic Church, which has yet to meaningfully address cases of child sexual abuse throughout its parishes for years, must now face a new class of people speaking out about sexual abuse within the church: nuns emboldened by the #MeToo movement.
On Wednesday, AMC announced that after a month-long internal investigation following abuse allegations made by actor Chloe Dykstra, Chris Hardwick would return to host Talking Dead on August 12. Dykstra, as you may recall, published an essay on Medium last month, detailing deeply disturbing sexual and emotional abuses…
A month after AMC revealed it was conducting an internal investigation into Talking Dead host Chris Hardwick following abuse allegations, the network has announced that Hardwick will return on August 12.
On Monday, 51 more women filed lawsuits against the University of Southern California for the way it handled sexual abuse allegations against longtime staff gynecologist George Tyndall. This latest round of lawsuits brings the total number of students and alumnae suing the school over the case to 225, according to the …
Four porn performers have filed a formal complaint against top industry agent Derek Hay alleging sexual abuse, fraud, and financial mismanagement. The complaint, filed with California’s Labor Commissioner and provided to Jezebel by the petitioners’ lawyer, also alleges that Hay, owner of LA Direct Models, is connected…
In October of last year, Terry Crews revealed that a “high-level Hollywood executive” groped him once at a party in 2016. “I understand and empathize with those who have remained silent,” he wrote as part of a longer thread on Twitter. “But Harvey Weinstein is not the only predator.”
In what young alleged victims have dubbed an emo “sex cult,” William Francis, formerly of the ’00s emo band Aiden, reportedly abused upwards of 20 women physically, emotionally, and sexually, according to a massive report at the Daily Beast. Under the guise of his BDSM aesthetic, his accusers claim that he demanded…
On Wednesday, an amended complaint was filed against George Tyndall, the USC student health center’s primary gynecologist who sexually violated and harassed women for years with no consequence. The suit now totals the experience of 27 women, each with their own story of sexual misconduct and abuse at his hands.
The Department of Education has launched an investigation into the University of Southern California’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations against a longtime staff gynecologist. The investigation is guided by Title IX, the federal civil rights law against sex discrimination.
Emily Joy tweeted out her #ChurchToo story a full decade after the alleged abuse had ended. “I’m sure I’ll tease this out more in the months to come,” Joy wrote, “but after ten years I finally felt like now I could come forward. It’s a weird story. It’s ‘not that bad.’ It’s the kind of story women self-gaslight…
Harvey Weinstein, who was arrested in late May on charges of rape, a criminal sex act and sex abuse after turning himself in, later released on a $1 million cash bail, plead not guilty in New York court today.
Woody Allen, celebrated Hollywood director and accused child abuser, spoke with the Argentinian news show Periodismo Para Todos about how he perceives his role within the #MeToo movement—and that perception has nothing to do with being another a rich, powerful man held unaccountable for his alleged actions. Rather…
Less than a month after Spotify announced its decision to stop promoting artists who have committed “hateful conduct”—whatever that means—by not including them on any official Spotify playlists, the company is calling the policy off. “Across all genres, our role is not to regulate artists,” the company wrote in a…
On Wednesday morning the New York Times Magazine published a massive report on Nxivm, the “self-improvement company”/thinly veiled pyramid scheme/cult lead by Keith Raniere. The piece includes interviews with Raniere, Nxivm’s co-founder, therapist Nancy Salzman, Raniere’s right-hand woman, Smallville actress Allison…
Can Kesha catch a fucking break?
