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Court sentences notorious Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison for rape of actress
Harvey Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan who came to epitomize a culture of pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men that ignited the #MeToo ... Entertainment -
Harvey Weinstein faces a 2nd long sentence in LA rape conviction
Harvey Weinstein could see the long prison term he is already serving nearly doubled at his California sentencing, bringing the onetime movie magnate ... World News -
Rape trial of Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred starts in Paris
The trial of popular Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred on charges of aggravated rape and assault got underway in Paris on Monday, in a case that sparked ... Entertainment -
Chicago prosecutor to drop R. Kelly sex-abuse charges
A Chicago prosecutor said Monday that she’s dropping sex-abuse charges against singer R. Kelly following federal convictions in two courts that should ... World News -
France is ‘very sexist,’ equality watchdog body says, sounding alarm
Five years into the #MeToo movement French society “remains very sexist in all of its spheres,” a government-created equality watchdog said in an ... Features -
Oscar-winning Hollywood Kevin Spacey denies new sex offenses
Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey on Friday denied charges of committing seven new sexual offenses against a man in Britain in the early ... Entertainment -
World’s first #MeToo official in Netherlands finds a tougher job than she expected
Mariëtte Hamer thought she could achieve a lot with “a couple of interventions” when she started her role in the Netherlands as the world’s first ... Features -
Former US president Trump to challenge New York sex abuse law as unconstitutional
Former President Donald Trump is planning to argue that a New York law temporarily allowing people to sue over alleged sexual abuse that may have ... World News -
Harvey Weinstein will appeal rape conviction: Spokesperson
Fallen movie mogul Harvey Weinstein said Tuesday he would appeal a new rape conviction that could see him jailed for up to 18 years.The 70-year-old ... Entertainment -
American fiction doesn’t matter anymore
Lack of imagination, breezy ignorance of the citizenry, plain old-fashioned fear—these are not characteristics one associates with a society that once ... Opinion -
Trump to testify in defamation case brought by woman who says he raped her
Donald Trump must testify in April as part of a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says he raped her in the 1990s, a court said Tuesday.The ... World News -
Jury to hear first arguments in Harvey Weinstein’s Los Angeles rape trial
Opening arguments are set for Monday in the Los Angeles rape trial of Harvey Weinstein, the once-powerful Hollywood producer who became the face of ... World News -
Actor Kevin Spacey wins in civil sexual-abuse case brought by Anthony Rapp
Kevin Spacey on Thursday defeated a sexual abuse case against him after jurors in a Manhattan civil trial found his accuser didn’t prove his claim ... Entertainment -
‘That ‘70s show’ star Danny Masterson on trial over alleged rape
Danny Masterson, former star of the long-running sitcom “That ’70s Show,” is about to face three women in court who say he raped them two decades ago ... World News -
Kevin Spacey denies sex assault charge in US court
Disgraced movie star Kevin Spacey takes the stand at his New York trial, rejecting as “not true” accusations he sexually assaulted fellow actor ... Entertainment -
‘Scrubs’ writer charged in latest Hollywood MeToo scandal
A former writer and producer on the popular US comedy show “Scrubs” was charged Wednesday with multiple counts of sexual assault, five years to the ... Entertainment -
China JD.com founder Richard Liu settles US rape civil suit by former student
Billionaire Richard Liu, founder of one of China’s largest e-commerce platforms JD.com, has settled a civil suit brought by former University of ... World News -
R&B singer R. Kelly handed 30-year prison sentence for sex crimes
R. Kelly was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in prison, following the multiplatinum R&B singer’s conviction for exploiting his stardom and wealth ... Entertainment -
Ghislaine Maxwell handed 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking
Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually ... Entertainment -
Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction upheld by appeals court
A New York appellate court has upheld Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction, rejecting the disgraced movie mogul’s claims that the judge at the landmark ... Entertainment -
Egypt arrests 13 teenage boys for harassing women tourists at Cairo’s Giza Pyramids
Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered on Monday that 13 teenage boys arrested over the weekend and accused of harassing two women tourists at the Giza ... Middle East -
From Tiananmen to Hong Kong, China’s crackdowns defy critics
From the deadly crushing of Beijing’s 1989 pro-democracy protests to the suppression of Hong Kong’s opposition four decades later, China’s Communist ... World News -
Shocked tennis star Osaka posts about Chinese player: Where is Peng Shuai?
Tennis star Naomi Osaka says she’s been shocked to hear about a fellow player who has gone quiet since making a sexual assault allegation against a ... Life -
Egypt to tax social media influencers, content creators
Egypt said it will tax social media content creators in a revenue raising exercise as more citizens look to online platforms to make a living.The tax ... Entertainment -
Disgraced New York Gov. Cuomo resigns in harassment scandal, capping stunning fall
Faced with mounting legal pressures and demands for his departure from President Joe Biden and others, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on ... World News -
Harvey Weinstein attempt to dismiss two sex charges fails
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s bid to have two charges of sexual assault against a woman thrown out was rejected by a Los Angeles ... Entertainment -
Harvey Weinstein transferred to Los Angeles for new trial
Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who has been serving a 23-year prison sentence for sexual assault in New York since last year, was ... Entertainment -
Kuwait court sentences notorious Ramadan murderer to death
Kuwait’s criminal court on Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old man convicted of murder to death in a case that sparked national outrage during the holy ... Gulf -
Bill Cosby freed from prison after court overturns sexual assault conviction
Bill Cosby was freed from prison and returned home on Wednesday, less than two hours after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his sexual assault ... Entertainment -
Egypt sentences two female TikTok influencers over ‘human trafficking’
An Egyptian court has sentenced two women TikTok influencers to six and 10 years in jail respectively for “human trafficking,” a lawyer representing ... Middle East