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The race was transformed hours later as incumbent attorney general Eric Schneiderman suddenly resigned, shortly after The New Yorker reported on multiple allegations of assault by Schneiderman against romantic partners.

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CBS says it is looking into recent allegations made by actress Ariane Bellamar that actor Jeremy Piven, who stars in its new drama series Wisdom of the Crowd, sexually assaulted her on the set of the HBO series Entourage several years ago.

This year's Tony hosting slot finally went to Kevin Spacey, the decorated actor who has since been disgraced by allegations of sexual harassment and assault from men dating back decades.

Moore, a controversial far - right Republican, is facing multiple allegations that he sexually assaulted teenage girls while he was in his 30s, while Trump has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual misconduct.

But again we have been rocked by explosive allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault.

In the past, models and celebrities who worked with the photographer accused him of creating a sexually hostile environment on set, encouraging provocative poses, and sexual assault and harassment, according to a comprehensive list of the allegations leveraged against Richardson compiled by Complex.

Sexual harassment in the workplace is hardly a new phenomenon, but the deluge of disturbing allegations of sexual assault and harassment by powerful, high - profile men has prompted an increasing number of women to come forward with stories of how harassment has impacted their careers.

Since major allegations broke a few weeks ago of sexual harassment and assault by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, lodged by dozens of women, it's like a dam has broken.

Trump himself is the subject of an array of sexual assault and other misconduct allegations, none of which has been properly investigated by congressional Republicans, who prefer to stay in the dark.

«Harvey Weinstein's decades - long campaign of sexual predation — with the newest allegations of assault coming from actress Dominique Huett and Weinstein's former production assistant Mimi Haleyi — reveals that secrets are often deployed by the powerful as a tool to maintain control.

Last month a report by the US Senate — entitled Putin's Asymmetric Assault on Democracy in Russia and Europe: Implications for US National Security — also criticized the adequacy of the investigations conducted thus far by Facebook and Twitter into allegations of Russian social media interference vis - a-vis Brexit.

Handling abuse and assault allegations «in house» by reporting them to the male elders of a church instead of to the police doesn't protect women; it harms them.

He quit the job at the start of August after he was questioned by police investigating allegations of historic sexual assault.

He quit as Bishop of Gloucester at the start of August after he was questioned by police investigating allegations of historic sexual assault.

Bishop Michael stepped back from public ministry at the start of August after being questioned by police investigating allegations of historic sexual assault.

Since the Jimmy Savile abuse story broke last October, not a month has passed without a fresh allegation of sexual assault by authority figures.

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.

Her remarks come amid a heightened conversation on harassment and sexual assault of women following the allegations leveled at Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein by multiple women.

On the subject of the recent allegation by a woman that Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.) groped and sexually assaulted her in 2006, Gillibrand said «it's very disturbing,» and «I was very disappointed.

One reason CACs are the preferred response to allegations of child abuse and assault: the forensic interview we provide can prevent situations where child victims may be retraumatized by bullying, irrelevant questions in deposition.

The most serious of the allegations was leveled on Monday by a woman who alleged Moore sexually assaulted her when she was 16.

Allegations of sexual harassment and assault by Mr. Weinstein were disclosed this month in The New York Times and The New Yorker, which prompted other women to share their accounts of his alleged abuse, set off criminal investigations, roiled the entertainment world and triggered a social media movement of women from other industries and backgrounds telling their stories.

It found eruptions of anti-Semitism around certain news events, including an October 2017 report by the New York Times on sexual harassment and assault allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who is Jewish.

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.

Hundreds of people — including one of Harvey Weinstein's accusers — took to the streets of Hollywood yesterday afternoon to march against sexual assault, as the worlds of politics and media continue to be rocked by a flood of allegations.

Three weeks after complaints of sexual harassment and misconduct by Harvey Weinstein were first reported, women from different continents, fields and generations have come forward with allegations of rape, sexual assault and groping, with new accounts include expanding the time frame of alleged wrongdoing to the 1970s.

Of course, these are the same clowns who stood by Silver when he used state funds to circumvent sexual - assault allegations against his staffers and his members.

Among other questions to be answered by a counsel, Lorigo is seeking to find out whether the county was negligent in hiring Dirschberger and whether the county was aware of any sexual assault or harassment allegations related to Dirschberger.

Cahill also cited sexual assault allegations that have been dogging Michael Treanor, the chief executive officer of Nevele Investors LLC, though he didn't mention Treanor by name in the press release.

Following the damning report published by the Human Rights Watch about the alleged sexual assault by some police soldiers, vigilante, and other government officials on female IDPs in various camps in the North east, President Buhari instructed the Inspector General of Police and governor of the states with IDP camps, to investigate the allegations.

Seacrest, whose presence on the red carpet was surrounded by controversy due to lingering sexual assault allegations, was trying to do his normal hosting thing for E! but was missing one major part of the job: people to talk to.

And Dylan Farrow's open letter, in which the 28 - year - old wrote for the first time about the allegations first made 21 years ago during a custody battle between Allen and Mia Farrow, not only opened by saying that Allen «sexually assaulted» Farrow, but it called out Blanchett by name, along with stars of other Allen movies.

Harassment Epidemic Updates AV Club on Hollywood's long overdue moral reckoning New Yorker Emily Nussbaum has a terrific piece on Louis CK's comedy through the lens of recent allegations New York Times Louis CK has confessed to the claims against him «These stories are true» Medium Actor Anthony Edwards has come forward to say he was molested by a producer when he was underage Guardian Ellen Page has detailed homophobic remarks director Brett Rattner made to her during the production of X-Men: Last Stand Washington Post showing their utter depravity GOP officials are now citing the bible to justify Roy Moore's sexual assault on an underage girl.

The premiere was dominated by warm praise for the efforts of director Ridley Scott, who managed to revamp the thriller in six weeks, completely cutting star Kevin Spacey from the film following sexual harassment and assault allegations waged against the actor.

As allegations about Kevin Spacey's history of sexual assault and predation began to mount, Scott took the unprecedented step of recasting his part and reshooting key portions of the film; ironically, that meant giving the role of tycoon J. Paul Getty to Scott's first choice, Christopher Plummer, who had been passed over by the studio in favor of the more «bankable» Spacey.

But in October 2017, sexual assault allegations took down movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, followed by a cascading series of allegations against Hollywood figures like Kevin Spacey, Brett Ratner, Louis C.K., James Toback, and more that started to cut into the careers of those powerful men.

RT @AmericaFerrera: #TIMESUP on ignoring, discounting and invalidating allegations of sexual assault made by Women of Color - even when we m...

Placing him in the same hallowed company as accused girlfriend beater Chris Brown, Dustin Hoffman has now been vocally defended by actor Michael Rapaport, who hopped on Twitter tonight to dub comedian John Oliver a «selfish fuck» for grilling Hoffman about allegations of sexual assault that have been levied against...

The issue has crossed the Atlantic, where the Old Vic Theatre has been rocked by allegations against former artistic director Kevin Spacey, and London police are investigating nine claims of sexual assault by Weinstein.

Only that group need bother with Dear Basketball, an icky animated tongue - bath of an ode to NBA star Kobe Bryant — written, as it happens, by NBA star Kobe Bryant — even if it is widely tipped to win, overcoming lingering sexual assault allegations against Bryant in the process.

She also knows the best way to hit people like Brett Ratner is in the wallet,» the anonymous insider told The New York Post, adding that Gadot believes it would be hypocritical to send a message of female empowerment backed financially by a man facing allegations of assault and misconduct.

The investigations most affected by OCR's new policy are those involving allegations of sexual assault and other forms of sexual harassment.

In the Russian Federation, lawyers have been threatened with disbarment after pursuing their clients» allegations of torture by police, and been assaulted by police and prevented from representing clients.

These are three recent examples of cases where Ontario courts have ruled in favour of individuals who claim they had been defamed by unproven allegations of sexual assault.

In this specific case, the allegation is that by advocating not working with Syrian Kurds in an assault on Raqqa (because it was thought to be in the best interests of the US in terms of our relationship with Turkey, given the position of the Turkish state w.r.t. Kurds), Flynn benefited ISIS.

Former Olympics CEO says he has been cleared of sexual assault allegations by RCMP, The National Post

The court did, however, note the College's argument that non-visual evidence has been accepted in criminal cases of sexual assault, and in regulatory cases involving allegations of sexual misconduct by health professionals.

The injury claimant, 42 years of age was sexually assaulted by her father and her personal injury lawyer outlined allegations of repetitive sexual abuse commencing when she was a child.

Although details of the specific allegations will not be released until later in their statement of claim, the notice of action indicates that our nation's armed force may soon be held to account for not preventing crimes, such as sexual assault and harassment, against its military members by their own comrades.

Here I'm struck by the contrast between the accounts of the prevalence of «whacking» and the judicial response to it (e.g. that it is common and the courts / crowns rarely intervene) and accounts that I hear from practicing crowns (e.g. that it is uncommon and, when it occurs, the court's response vigorously and, further, that the court, crown and police are uncommonly solicitous to complainants in sexual assault cases — a claim that the Ghomeshi cases seems to confirm given the seemingly well - founded criticism of the police in that case for failing to adequately probe the complainant's allegations, meaning that inconsistencies in their statements were discovered on cross-examination by the defense, fatally undermining their credibility).