11 h. ago Shocking new Harvey Weinstein allegation emerges in court... and the victim was only 16

New York prosecutors revealed shocking new allegations against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein as his retrial on rape and sexual assault charges got under way on Wednesday.

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16 h. ago Harvey Weinstein retrial opens with new allegations of sexual assault

For the first time, prosecutors identified Kaja Sokola and detailed her account of what unfolded with movie producerHarvey Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial opened on Wednesday, giving a new jury a fresh look at familiar rape and sexual assault allegations – plus a newly added claim.For the first time, prosecutors publicly identified Kaja Sokola, a former model, and detailed her account of what unfolded between her and the Oscar-winning movie producer in the early 2000s. He is criminally charged with forcing oral sex on her in 2006, but she also accused him in a civil lawsuit of groping her against her will four years earlier, when she was 16. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Harvey Weinstein's dramatic new look shocks courtroom as rape retrial gets underway

Harvey Weinstein is back in court as Manhattan prosecutors retry the case that was overturned last year. The disgraced movie mogul caught the eye of onlookers with his strange new look.

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20 h. ago Harvey Weinstein rape retrial begins after original verdict overturned

Hollywood film producer used ‘dream opportunities as weapons’ to prey on the three accusers, court told

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26 h. ago Queensland childcare centre is rocked by horror sex assault allegations

Education authorities in Queensland are investigating the horrific incident which turned the lives of a four-year-old boy's family 'upside down'.

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27 h. ago Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial is set for opening statements at a different #MeToo moment

Five years after Harvey Weinstein’s original #MeToo trial delivered a searing reckoning for one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures, the ex-studio boss is on trial again after an appeals court threw out his landmark rape conviction

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42 h. ago Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial to open Wednesday with majority

Opening statements are set in former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial, this time with a majority-female jury deciding the landmark #MeToo case

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61 h. ago NFL hall of famer Shannon Sharpe accused of rape in Nevada lawsuit

Woman files complaint against former player and analystSharpe’s lawyer issued denial of allegationsNFL hall of famer Shannon Sharpe has been accused of sexual assault and battery by a former partner in a lawsuit filed on Sunday in Nevada.The woman says she met the 56-year-old Sharpe, who is now an ESPN analyst, at a Los Angeles gym in 2023 when she was 22. A two-year consensual relationship ensued, during which she alleges he raped her. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Judge approves Harvey Weinstein’s request to sleep at hospital during retrial

Ex-media boss moved from Rikers Island jail to Manhattan hospital as he awaits rape and sexual assault retrialHarvey Weinstein has been moved to a New York City hospital after a judge approved the ailing ex-studio boss’s request to stay there rather than in jail when he is not in court for his retrial on rape and sexual assault charges.The judge, Paul Goetz, late on Thursday ordered that Weinstein, 73, be immediately relocated from the city’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex to the prison ward at Bellevue hospital in Manhattan so he can receive necessary medical treatment. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Harvey Weinstein can stay in hospital during #MeToo retrial, judge rules

Harvey Weinstein has been moved to a New York City hospital after a judge approved the ailing ex-studio boss’s request to stay there rather than in jail when he’s not in court for his #MeToo retrial

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6 d. ago Scores more possible jurors start screening in Weinstein retrial

Scores more people are undergoing screening as potential jurors for Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial

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6 d. ago NY Rangers' Panarin, MSG made settlement payments after employee sexual assault allegations: report

The NHL says the New York Rangers kept it apprised of an independent investigation into sexual assault allegations by a team employee against player Artemi Panarin and considers the matter closed

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7 d. ago Rape survivor bringing case to EU over Portuguese investigation of Christian Bruckner: 'I'm standing up after being silenced and ignored for far too long'

Hazel Behan wants the European Court of Human Rights to investigate alleged failures in the investigation following the serious sexual assault she said she suffered in Portugal in 2004.

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8 d. ago Nick Carter denies latest sexual assault accusation as woman claims STD led to cervical cancer

The Backstreet Boy has previously been accused of sexual assault by three other women

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8 d. ago Harvey Weinstein’s New York retrial is about to begin. Here’s where his cases stand

The Hollywood powerhouse, who’s been behind bars on rape and assault charges, faces his third trial this week after a court tossed his New York conviction

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8 d. ago Jury selection to begin in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial in New York

Weinstein is being retried on two charges from his original trial, which ended with a rape conviction but was later overturned The last time a New York City jury sat in judgment of Harvey Weinstein, the ex-movie studio boss was convicted of rape and sentenced to 23 years in prison.Five years later, that landmark #MeToo verdict is gone – wiped away on appeal – and Weinstein is set to go on trial again, beginning Tuesday with jury selection. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago What to know about Harvey Weinstein's #MeToo retrial with jury selection set to get underway

Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the disgraced movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering the very same allegations

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1 week ago Harvey Weinstein: The #MeToo movement’s most notorious villain heads back to court for retrial

Harvey Weinstein is heading back to court in New York — a year after an appeals court threw out the conviction of the most famous bad man of the #MeToo era. Has the movement survived? asks Kelly Rissman

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1 week ago Harvey Weinstein to stand trial this week in redo of #MeToo case

Re-examination puts one of biggest #MeToo victories back in court as backlash against women’s rights unfolds in USHarvey Weinstein goes back on trial in New York this week in a redo of the #MeToo-era case in which the disgraced movie mogul was convicted of sexual criminal assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree, but acquitted on three other counts, including the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault.The legal drama begins with jury selection that is expected to last up to a week. It puts one of the biggest victories of the #MeToo era back in the courtroom just as a backlash against women’s rights – from abortion access to the rise of controversial male influencers like Andrew Tate – unfolds across the US. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Woman can testify Weinstein used force to rape her despite his acquittal, judge rules

A judge says an accuser will be allowed to use the word “force” in her testimony at Harvey Weinstein’s retrial even though the disgraced movie mogul was acquitted of a rape charge that alleged he used physical force against her

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