How long does it take for a disgraced white male actor, accused of various forms of sexual misconduct, to achieve redemption? Or, at the very least, to resurface in a big project? In the case of Kevin Spacey, only a few months, certainly less than a full year.
The murder and assault of 22-year-old comedian Eurydice Dixon on Wednesday has provoked a larger discussion in Australia about violence against women and victim-blaming.
Rapper Riff Raff has denied recent allegations of sexual misconduct in a new video posted to his Instagram.
Back in July 2017 Dr. Luke subpoenaed Lady Gaga for a deposition in his defamation case against Kesha, with his lawyer maintaining that the singer had “relevant information” about Kesha making false statements about Dr. Luke. It was reported that Dr. Luke was granted permission to view a text message Kesha sent to…
A high school valedictorian claims she was censored when her mic was cut off whilst referencing an alleged sexual assault during a graduation speech.
In a February interview with GQ, Brendan Fraser alleged that 15 years ago, then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Philip Berk, sexually assaulted him. Fraser said the incident left him feeling panicked and afraid: “I felt ill. I felt like a little kid. I felt like there was a ball in my throat. I…
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.
Bill Cosby—who you might recall was actually found guilty on all counts of sexual assault in a Norristown, PA trial last month—is currently awaiting a September sentencing. This, however, is not the end of his legal battles: Former supermodel/America’s Next Top Model judge Janice Dickinson, who accuses Cosby of …
You may be thinking, who on hell or earth would finance or produce–oooohhh, the producer is French. Yes, “master of the erotic thriller” Brian De Palma–whose directing credits include Carrie and Scarface and whose writing credits include Body Double and Femme Fatale–has announced that he is “talking with a French…
On Friday morning, three women filed a class action lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, who just this week was indicted on rape and sex act charges by a grand jury in Manhattan. Miramax, Bob Weinstein and others on the Weinstein Company’s board of directors—who have been accused of being part of Harvey’s “sexual…
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…
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Rapper Riff Raff’s Australia and New Zealand tour has been canceled after he was accused of rape in a Facebook post.
Just a few days after turning himself in, Harvey Weinstein has been indicted by a grand jury on sex act and rape charges, bringing him closer to “accountability,” according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
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Soon after the announcement that the NYPD is investigating sexual misconduct allegations against Italian chicken meatball, restauranteur and TV personality Mario Batali, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that his Vegas strip restaurants B&B Ristorante, Otto, and CarneVino will close. The news comes on top of many…
No doubt Harvey Weinstein anticipated a big onscreen moment when he sanctimoniously carried two books to turn himself into the police on Friday: one on how Rogers and Hammerstein revolutionized show business; the other, a biography of Elia Kazan, a canonized director who helped end careers by testifying to the…
On Monday, a class-action lawsuit was filed against George Tyndall, the University of Southern California student health center’s primary gynecologist who was permitted to continue practicing at the school despite years of sexual misconduct allegations dating back to the 1990s. Also included in the lawsuit are USC and…
On his way to deliver a U.S. Naval Academy commencement address, Trump left the question of his cancelled summit with North Korea hanging (“We’ll see what happens, it could even be the 12th”) and was asked for his thoughts on Harvey Weinstein’s arrest. Oh boy!
