Sentences with phrase «made allegations of sexual assault»

Brafman's statement says Weinstein and his attorneys «have refrained from publicly criticizing any of the women who have made allegations of sexual assault against Mr. Weinstein despite a wealth of evidence that would demonstrate the patent falsity of these claims.

Of these accusers, 1,203 made allegations of sexual assault.

Not exact matches

Judd was one of the first women in October 2017 to make an on - the - record allegation of sexual misconduct against Weinstein, which soon afterward evolved into the social media #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and assault.

According to the Lansing State Journal, ESPN's information request called for Michigan State to turn over «all police reports containing allegations of sexual assault since Dec. 10, 2016, as well as records of arrests made between Feb. 6 and Feb. 9.»

«I'm actually going to be working with my colleague Nily Rozic in the Assembly to make sure that we don't have confidentiality where there are allegations of sexual harassment or sexual assault,» said Assemblymember Monica Wallace.

But the embattled Alabama Senate candidate, who is facing allegations that he sexually assaulted, harassed or made sexual advances toward teenagers, still appears to have the support of a big chunk of his base ahead of the special election being held on Dec. 12: Alabama's white evangelical Protestants.

But Cuomo would not say whether he agrees with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on whether President Donald Trump should resign because of sexual harassment and assault allegations first made against him last year.

New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has feuded with Trump on Twitter after calling for his resignation because of sexual harassment and assault allegations, doesn't make these people nervous.

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.

Rapp went on to say that the recent allegations of sexual misconduct and assault that have been made against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein ultimately prompted him to come forward.

But late on Monday, hours after Ms. Nixon jumped into the race, Mr. Cuomo did make a splash of his own: directing the state attorney general to review the Manhattan district attorney's handling of a 2015 sexual assault allegation into Harvey Weinstein.

At two consecutive campaign stops in Pennsylvania today, Ivanka Trump, the daughter of Republican presidential nominee, kept the focus on her view of her father as a «mentor,» declining to address the sexual assault allegations made against him in the past 24 hours.

Vance has repeatedly made recent headlines because of allegations that political contributions influenced his actions, including a decision not to bring sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein.

Baroness Jenkin was one of a number of high profile female politicians who has spoken out in the wake of allegations of sexual assault and rape made against Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein.

Director Scott made the choice to cut Spacey — and replace him with Christopher Plummer, who he reportedly wanted for the part of J. Paul Getty anyway — after Spacey was hit with a slew of sexual assault and harassment allegations in October.

As the stars in Hollywood gathered at the Golden Globes under the shadow of the recent wave of sexual assault allegations in Hollywood — and the #TimesUp movement — many of those watching closely from home were quick to use social media to call out the men in the room who had made questionable headlines over the years, and proudly stood in solidarity with the women of Hollywood on Globes night.

First they made a show of firing critic Devin Faraci over sexual assault allegations, only to secretly rehire him.

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.

Ridley Scott made a last - minute decision to reshoot Kevin Spacey's scenes from the movie with Christopher Plummer in the role of J. Paul Getty after sexual assault allegations about Spacey came to light.

But changes in the TV industry are evident in the nominations, and the set of sexual assault allegations in Hollywood made an impact in at least one category as well.

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

AFI Fest made the announcement Sunday — six days after Sony Pictures announced that it was pulling All the Money in the World from AFI Fest in the wake of sexual harassment and assault allegations against star Kevin Spacey.

«We made this movie before the Harvey story broke,» Deutch says, referring to the allegations of sexual assault brought against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein that prompted the global #MeToo movement.

The show opened as allegations of sexual assault were made against the comedian.

J.A. was charged with sexual assault but at the trial, K.D. recanted her allegation explaining that she made up the criminal complaint because J.A. had threatened to seek sole custody of their young son.

The next day, the complainant attended a police station along with several of her family members and made a number of historic allegations of domestic abuse including sexual assault.

Defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger obtained along with counsel for the co-accused police records regarding three prior occurrences of the complainant having made sexual assault allegations that were false.

«The plaintiffs do not make any claim of physical injury beyond the bare allegation of sexual assault,» he wrote.

In October 2017, when after allegations were made against Harvey Weinstein, actress Alyssa Milano encouraged social media users to tweet #MeToo (or its equivalent in other languages) widely in order to raise awareness about the prevalence of sexual harassment and sexual assault.

When there are allegations of sexual assault in a case, there is always a risk that an order not to disclose the complainant's identity has been made in criminal proceedings — this order is mandatory upon demand by the Crown, the complainant or a minor witness (see 486.4 of the Criminal Code).

«We were recently made aware of sexual assault allegations against Morgan Marquis - Boire, and he resigned from Freedom of the Press Foundation's volunteer tech advisory board two weeks ago,» says Trevor Timm, executive director.

When serious allegations of assault, sexual assault or threatening are made in the midst of a separation or divorce, it can be a difficult obstacle for the accused to overcome... Read more