Sentences with phrase «rape allegation»

Elaine Wynn, Steve Wynn's ex-wife, said at a court hearing in Las Vegas last month that, back in 2009, Sinatra had called an employee's rape allegation against Steve Wynn a «personal» matter.

Although this might not seem controversial, it, in fact, is quite so with different appeals courts around the nation looking at Marty Singer statements on behalf of Cosby and coming to different conclusions about whether denying a rape allegation and branding someone to be a liar can be read as more than an opinion.

Greater Manchester Police («GMP») supplied summary details of the rape allegation and acquittal, which the SSHD included in the ECRC.

Sometimes a skilled rape criminal defense lawyer can uncover evidence that will disprove or minimize the damage of a rape allegation before formal charges are filed.

Almost immediately, Twitter resurfaced reports of a rape allegation against Bryant, whose win embodied the duplicity Hollywood has been trying to overcome.

Details of a 1999 rape allegation and charge, and subsequent trial and acquittal, resurfaced, with the fallout grabbing headlines, overshadowing anticipation for the film and all but destroying the movie's chances for serious consideration this awards season.

But its top contender last year, «The Birth of Nation» — which Searchlight bought for a record $ 17.5 million at Sundance — was derailed after a 1999 rape allegation surfaced against director and star Nate Parker.

Canzano: 16 years after Oregon State football gang - rape allegation, Brenda Tracy steps from the shadows

Companies are posting jobs faster than they can find workers to fill them Canzano: 16 years after Oregon State football gang - rape allegation, Brenda Tracy steps from the shadows

You should probably keep your rape allegation humor to a minimum.

Other young men became depressed and suicidal after being the victim of a false rape allegation on campus.

Police in Paris are investigating a rape allegation made against Luc Besson, one of France's best - known film directors.

COPS are taking no further action over a rape allegation made against former Labour MP Simon Danczuk.

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.

His season was further disrupted by a rape allegation by a media - hungry untrustworthy woman (which ended up being dropped).

In the ESPN piece it highlighted stories of former Spartan basketball players, Keith Appling and Adreian Payne, who were accused of crimes that included a rape allegation when they were recruits in 2010.

ESPN also highlighted stories of former Spartan basketball players, Keith Appling and Adreian Payne, who were accused of crimes that included a rape allegation when they were recruits in 2010.

Revd Jim Percival, 64, from Holy Trinity Church in Freckleton was questioned by officers on Tuesday on suspicion of a historical rape allegation, relating to a 28 - year - old woman.

In 1993, Eileen's daughter, Stephanie, lodged a rape allegation against a priest in the archdiocese of Melbourne.

She wrote that she submitted an open - records request about a 20 - year - old rape allegation involving a then - professor.

Assange, who denies the rape allegations, fears that if he is arrested he will be handed over to the United States to face prosecution over WikiLeaks» publication of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents in one of the largest information leaks in U.S. history.

Assange has been holed up for more than five years in the Ecuadorean embassy in London where he was granted asylum in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over rape allegations.

The discredited story was intended to call attention to the issue of sexual violence on college campuses, but it might have had the opposite effect by reinforcing the notion that rape allegations are often fictitious, a team from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism concluded in its critique.

A senior prosecutor known for winning a murder conviction in the killing of Etan Patz has been put in charge of the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into rape allegations against the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, two people with knowledge of the investigation said.

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.

Weinstein has denied rape allegations.

Actress Reese Witherspoon on Monday urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo to open an investigation into Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance over his office's handling of rape allegations against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

Despite the increase in rape complaints, Shea said, for all of 2017, rape allegations were down 1.9 percent.

The operations, which came in response to sex trafficking and rape allegations, drew to the surface stark contrasts in attitudes towards prostitution.

No where in the lawsuit does it indicate that she notified U of R, Strong or the Rochester Police Department about the assault and rape allegations.

Studies show that only 9 % of rape allegations are false, the same rate as for other types of crime, such as child abuse.

LA TIMES - June 12 - Skout has temporarily shut down its services for teens amid a series of rape allegations involving its underage users.

Marilyn Manson splits with longtime bassist following rape allegations.

In the wake of two bombshell reports detailing the sexual harassment, assault and rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein, dozens and dozens of stars have come out to publicly condemn the powerhouse producer and co-founder of Miramax and The Weinstein Company.

The studio turned heads when it picked up the actor's directorial debut for a record - breaking $ 18.5 million deal, but their clear - cut plan to turn «The Birth of a Nation» into their next Oscar powerhouse was derailed after Parker's college rape allegations and subsequent trial resurfaced just ahead of the film's fall festival launch.

Condon's film also completely skims over the well - publicized rape allegations against Assange, and although that would have made an already unfocused narrative even more so, it's an important piece to the puzzle.

Instead, its wide release brought weak box office returns, historical accuracy criticism, and bad publicity after rape allegations surrounding director Nate Parker resurfaced.

The company famously ponied up $ 17.5 million for Nate Parker's 2016 historical drama «The Birth of a Nation,» which grossed only $ 15.8 million in the wake of resurfaced rape allegations against its star - director - cowriter (he was acquitted of the charges, which stemmed from his college days).

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, hosting for the third consecutive year, used the 72nd Golden Globes to poke fun at North Korea's alleged involvement in the Sony hack, and Bill Cosby, who is mired in rape allegations.

Sadly, that notion has persisted to this day, which is why so many African - American women's rape allegations aren't taken seriously, like that of the NYC hotel maid who recently leveled just such a claim against a well - connected guest from France.

That movie saw its once - lofty Oscar hopes dashed virtually overnight when its director and star, Nate Parker, became enmeshed in a controversy over past rape allegations for which he had been acquitted.

It was a Weinstein Company release this summer — their only «hit» this year actually — and that connection was thought to have obviously doomed its chances this awards season following Harvey Weinstein's banishment from Hollywood after the numerous sexual harrassment and rape allegations.

Such a disgrace, those conjuring up false rape allegations, absolutely abhorrent.

In A False Report, an expansion of their Pulitzer Prize - winning ProPublica article «An Unbelievable Story of Rape,» journalists T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong posit that centuries of bias against women's rape allegations continue to infect the U.S. legal system.

Rape allegations aside, no one should ever come intoxicated to such an event.

Emma Sulkowicz, recipient of NOW's 2016 Woman of Courage award, carried a mattress around campus in protest of how the school handled her rape allegations.

Overlawyered praises Johnson for having «assembled the details on the CNN / Court TV commentator's scurrilous handling of the lacrosse rape allegations.»

Initially, there had been a crisis within the Commission, especially the trained lawyer Commissioners, as to whether it was proper to accept sexual assault and rape allegations for this type of civil resolution, rather than referring them straight away to the police for criminal charges.

If we still subscribe to the importance of the golden thread — that proof beyond reasonable doubt in criminal justice is a core value of freedom and democracy — then of greater importance than myth - busting on victim typology is the continuing, but now statutorily discredited, need for warnings about the dangers of false rape allegations.

Here's general stats out of a 1000 rape allegations the DA ONLY takes an average of 13 of them on and only one case has been prosecuted without a victims testimony This is another reason why people who are raped don't report it, (Btw I'm one of those ppl) that and primarily not is it only your word against his but there can be politics / beliefs at play that are set up to KEEP you silent like in my case.