Sentences with phrase «allegations against men»

Over the past few months, there has been a watershed of allegations against men who held positions of power — in the entertainment industry, journalism, and politics — by women and men who have shown remarkable courage in coming forward and exposing these offenders.

BuzzFeed News investigated several of its staffers after their names appeared on a Google spreadsheet first published by BuzzFeed News itself titled «S — y Media Men,» which detailed unverified allegations against men in the media and publishing industries.

This was the first time that First Round asked directly about sexual misconduct, after a year that has seen widespread allegations against men including the President, Steve Jurvetson, and Harvey Weinstein.

As sexual harassment revelations continue to rock Hollywood and Washington, many female entrepreneurs in the tech world say similar allegations against men in Silicon Valley are coming down the pike.

The Swedish Academy was already reeling from sexual assault allegations against a man close to the group, which has been weighing whether to postpone this...

The reality of this situation is three young men made allegations against this man.

Former Schneiderman aides were shocked by the allegations against a man who has recently been at the forefront of legal advocacy on behalf of survivors of sexual assault and violence.

Only in New York would a district attorney open a probe into #MeToo allegations against the man investigating his own office for mishandling a #MeToo claim against one of his...

And no sooner did Baccala learn that the newspaper was reporting the story than she threatened to recant her allegation against the man.

Not exact matches

During a talk at The Connecticut Forum earlier this month, former First Lady Michelle Obama shared her thoughts about the recent wave of allegations of sexual assault, harassment and misconduct against powerful men.

Over the past few years, allegations ranging from verbal harassment to rape have rocked the careers of these men against a backdrop of increasing awareness about harassment.

The same could be said of Bill Cosby and Roger Ailes — allegations against them began to stick when they were old men, no longer at the peak of their careers.

On Tuesday night, after the abuse allegations against Porter were made public by the Daily Mail, Kelly said in a statement: «Rob Porter is a man of true integrity and honor, and I can't say enough good things about him.

Hackett, an executive producer of the Amazon series «The Man in the High Castle,» had previously declined to publicize specifics of the incident, but later said she felt compelled to come forward after a host of women went public with harassment and rape allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

The sexual assault allegations come in the middle of a reckoning that began with allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, leading to hundreds of women coming forward with their own allegations against dozens of powerful and high - profile men.

The revelations about legendary Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein have led to equally troubling allegations against the likes of Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Arrested Development / Transparent star Jeffrey Tambour, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick and many others.

Demonstrators denounced the burning of more than 100 homes of Christians on Saturday - a spree spurred by allegations that a Christian man made remarks against the Muslim prophet Mohammed.

The multiple recent allegations of sexual impropriety lodged against megachurch pastor Bill Hybels are provoking heated discussion about how churches should respond to allegations of sexual abuse and how Christian men and women should relate to one another.

If this allegation is true, the boss might want to re-position his Gunners to their preferred positions to operate from their against Man Utd and Dortmound.

The speaker, Mr. Chikwendu Kalu, while reading the resolution, set up 8 - man ad - hoc committee to investigate allegations of misconduct against the judge, and mandated Governor Ikpeazu to appoint an acting chief judge pending the completion of the investigation by the committee.

The changes, which include an end to secret settlements involving members of Congress unless a victim requests they be kept private, comes amid a firestorm of allegations of sexual harassment leveled against powerful men across a variety of industries.

The bill introduced this month in the wake of a flood of sexual harassment allegations against powerful men in a variety of industries includes a provision that would ban confidential settlements.

Since both men were arraigned, the labour unions have called for the removal of the VC from office based on the corruption allegations against him.

«We have spent the last week listening to Senator Espaillat and Councilman Rodriguez launch terrible attacks, malicious, vicious and false allegations against the hardworking men and women at the New York City Board of Elections,» he said.

The recent downfalls of multiple high - profile men began in April 2017, when Bill O'Reilly lost his job at Fox News in after several allegations of sexual harassment against the top - rated cable TV host were made public.

Karen DeWitt, a public radio correspondent, asked the Democratic politician what the state «could do differently» amid a wave of allegations of sexual harassment and assault against prominent men in media and politics — including a former senior official appointed by Cuomo.

2017 saw a wave of sexual harassment allegations against powerful men across all industries, from entertainment to politics, and the trend has continued into 2018.

He referred to allegations of extortion and labelling every young man seen in a vehicle with laptops computers as «Yahoo boy», while also warning against drunkenness while on duty.

Coleman, however, noted that the DA's office already once decided not to pursue an allegation against Denenberg: a 2010 complaint by a Freeport man that Denenberg initiated a «road rage» incident while on the Meadowbrook Parkway and struck the man's car.

Mahoney and Antonacci traded barbs, and at one point, according to Syracuse.com, Antonacci threatened to sue Mahoney over an allegation that she conspired with a man who planned to file a racial discrimination lawsuit against the comptroller and the county.

«In view of these allegations, the Chief of Army Staff, ai set up a 10 - man Panel comprising senior Army officers (both serving and retired) and members from the National Human Rights Commission, Nigerian Bar Association and other Civil Society Organizations, to investigate the veracity of the allegations made against the Nigerian Army.

Even before a cascade of sexual harassment and assault allegations were leveled against prominent men, Gillibrand has made the issue a central one in recent years.

Herr Farage: The Ukip leader Nigel Farage was on the BBC busy defending himself against all sorts of allegations about off - colour goings - on as a young man, when, alas!

What the rest of the world will see is that a man who has made a minimalist apology for «inadvertently encroaching on the personal space» of the women who made the allegations against him, has now apparently been restored to his place in the party.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said that although the allegations against Silver are serious, he has always known Silver to be a man of integrity.

Here was a man who, upon being informed that the EFCC needed him to respond to some allegations against him, voluntarily abandoned medical treatment abroad in order to honour the invitation.

When the story first broke of the domestic violence allegations lodged against Johnson by his ex-girlfriend, Sherr - una Booker, and the governor's involvement in the case, Gillibrand spoke out strongly against the man to whom she owes her seat, saying he should resign if the report that he abused his power turned out to be true.

«There are serious allegations of violations and abuses of international human rights law and humanitarian law against Nigerians and other African women, men and children in Libya with absolute impunity.

The entertainment industry was rocked last year by numerous allegations of sexual misconduct against high profile men.

Marjean «Carrie» McLaughlin will leave her post as dean of students at Niagara University, although an investigation concluded she did not attempt to cover up a rape allegation against a member of the university's men's basketball team.

Three women have told the New York Times that music mogul Russell Simmons raped them, the latest in a cascade of serious allegations of sexual misconduct against powerful men in entertainment, media, politics and elsewhere.

Syracuse, NY — Syracuse police will not provide updates until its investigation of child sex abuse allegations against Syracuse University assistant men's basketball coach Bernie Fine has concluded.

Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci has abandoned his threat to sue County Executive Joanie Mahoney over allegations that she dined with a man who is pursuing litigation against Antonacci and the county, but the feud between the two seems far from over.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci has abandoned his threat to sue County Executive Joanie Mahoney over allegations that she dined with a man who is pursuing litigation against Antonacci and the county.

However, none of the charges U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has leveled against the two men pertain to campaign donations, though Mr. Silver stands accused of pressuring Glenwood into hiring a law firm that paid him legal fees while Mr. Skelos faces allegations that he used his position to obtain a sinecure for his son at a company Glenwood held stock in.

«By resigning from his public position on account of the allegations of bribery against him, Muiz Banire (SAN), a former legal adviser of the All Progressives Congress, has proven to be a man who loves his character more than anything else,» he said.

New allegations against senior Lib Dems - not involving Lord Rennard - emerged at the fringe meeting where activists said they were made to feel uncomfortable by older men.

Tinder says «people with bad intentions exist everywhere» and the online dating app is reminding users to be vigilant about safety amid allegations that a Kansas man held a woman he met on Tinder against her will and beat...

UTAH DAILY HERALD — Dec 12 — A litany of disturbing new allegations of rape emerged Thursday against a 25 - year - old Springville man prosecutors say has become an Internet dating site predator in Utah County.

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