Harvey Weinstein Faces New Sexual Assault Charge From a Manhattan Accuser
Seven years after sexual assault and harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein turbocharged the #MeToo movement, the ex-movie...
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Sep 132 min read
Harvey Weinstein Faces New Criminal Charges in NY
Harvey Weinstein faces new criminal charges, a prosecutor announced on Thursday. During a hearing before Judge Curtis Farber in New York...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 182 min read
Report Urges Federal Judiciary To Pay Workplace Misconduct Victims
The federal judiciary should consider awarding employees who are the victims of workplace misconduct at the hands of judges monetary...
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Crime and Justice News
May 21 min read
Harvey Weinstein Will Be Retried
A week after New York's highest court overturned his conviction for rape and sexual assault, prosecutors said on Wednesday that they will...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 252 min read
Harvey Weinstein Conviction Overturned In New York
Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges was overturned by New York’s highest court on Thursday, when the New York...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 141 min read
Harvey Weinstein Appeals Hearing Today For 2020 NY Rape Conviction
Nearly four years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sent to prison, New York’s highest court will hear arguments Wednesday...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 1, 20231 min read
'Not Built For Us': Sexual Assault Victim Decries Justice System
After Sam Schultz was sexually assaulted, it took them eight years and the growing #MeToo movement to go public and make a police report;...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 8, 20232 min read
Danny Masterson Of That 70s Show Gets Long Prison Term For Rapes
Actor Danny Masterson, who starred in That 70s Show, was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for the rapes of two women two decades...
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Crime and Justice News
May 10, 20232 min read
After Carroll Win Over Trump, More Sex Abuse Suits Likely Via NY Law
E. Jean Carroll's win in her suit against former President Trump is a victory for a #MeToo-era New York law that temporarily lifted the...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 24, 20232 min read
Weinstein Gets New 16-Year Term; Life In Prison Likely
Disgraced former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 more years in prison in Los Angeles on Thursday. He was convicted in...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 20, 20221 min read
Harvey Weinstein Convicted Of Three More Sex Counts In L.A.
Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of three counts of sexual assault in Los Angeles and acquitted of another....
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20222 min read
Ex-Warden Of Abuse-Plagued U.S. Women’s Prison Goes On Trial
The former warden of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison known as the “rape club” goes on trial Monday, accused of molesting inmates...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 14, 20222 min read
Cuba Gooding Jr. Avoids Jail in Sex Harassment Case
Cuba Gooding Jr.'s forcible touching case faded away with no jail time, but many of those that accused him of groping, unwanted kissing,...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 12, 20222 min read
Weinstein's Lawyer Complains of 'Almost Medieval' Jail Conditions
Harvey Weinstein’s attorney told the judge at his sexual assault trial that conditions in the holding cell where he’s being kept after...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 10, 20222 min read
Second Harvey Weinstein Trial Set in L.A. This Week
Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's second criminal trial over the alleged sexual assaults of women, at least one occurring 18...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 28, 20222 min read
Rape Survivors Turn To DOJ After NYPD's 'Inertia'
By the time the U.S. Justice Department announced last month that it would investigate the New York Police Department’s handling of sex...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 3, 20221 min read
Harvey Weinstein's Rape Conviction, 23-Year Prison Term Upheld
A New York appeals court upheld Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction and 23-year prison sentence, rejecting the former movie mogul’s claim...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 3, 20222 min read
Will Depp-Heard Verdict Chill the #MeToo Effect on Sex-Abuse Cases?
When Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard ended in his favor on Wednesday, some observers worried that the verdict might...
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Crime and Justice News
May 11, 20221 min read
Judge Clears Celebrity Chef Mario Batali In Sexual Misconduct Case
Celebrity chef Mario Batali was cleared of sexual misconduct after a criminal trial in Boston. A woman had accused Batali of forcibly...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 7, 20221 min read
Supreme Court Refuses to Reinstate Cosby's Sex Assault Case
Bill Cosby avoided renewed legal jeopardy on Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a bid by prosecutors to undo last year's...
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