5 h. ago Gérard Depardieu trial finally gives France its #MeToo moment

Actor’s week in court seen as turning point as French film industry has been slow to take abuse claims seriouslyWhen the actor Gérard Depardieu took the stand at his sexual assault trial in Paris this week, it was seen as a turning point for the #MeToo movement in France.As a parliamentary commission examines why the French film industry has been slow – even resistant – to take women’s claims of abuse seriously, Depardieu, the nation’s biggest film star, faced accusations that he trapped a set decorator between his legs and sexually assaulted her while shooting the film Les Volets verts (The Green Shutters) in 2021. He is also accused of touching the breasts and buttocks of an assistant director on the same film on three separate occasions. Depardieu, 76, has denied all the charges, telling the court he had been “dragged through the mud by calumny and lies”. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Model Brianna Stern sues Andrew Tate for sexual assault and battery in Los Angeles court

Andrew Tate's ex-girlfriend, model Brianna Stern, has filed a lawsuit against the influencer, claiming he sexually assaulted and battered her during their 10 month relationship.

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24 h. ago Dani Alves’ sexual assault conviction overturned by Spanish court on appeal

A court last year found him guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022

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24 h. ago Dani Alves’ rape conviction overturned by Spanish court on appeal

The former Barcelona and Brazil right back was previously found guilty of sexual assault in a nightclub in 2022

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25 h. ago Sex offender may be relaxing in Benidorm say cops as they issue arrest warrant

One man who was found guilty of sexual assault has since fled the country before his official sentencing – with police enquiries suggesting he might be in Benidorm

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36 h. ago Diddy is hit with ANOTHER lawsuit as male photographer claims the rap mogul sexually assaulted him

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is now facing another in a long list of lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault.

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40 h. ago Impractical Jokers' Joe Gatto 'checks into facility' in wake of sexual assault claim

Impractical Jokers star Joe Gatto announced he has checked himself into an inpatient facility and is taking time to 'work on himself' following the claims, which he has denied

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53 h. ago Andrew Tate's girlfriend makes shocking sexual assault allegation against influencer following his return to US

The disgraced influencer returned to the United States last month after years in Romania in prison and under house arrest facing criminal sex trafficking charges.

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53 h. ago India’s top court stays ‘inhuman’ ruling on sexual assault of minor

‘Shameful’ order involving 11-year-old girl caused outrage in India

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64 h. ago Impractical Jokers’ Joe Gatto cancels tour and enters facility after sexual assault allegations

The ‘Impractical Jokers’ star says he has ‘decided to voluntarily enter an inpatient program’

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2 d. ago Woman tells court Gérard Depardieu groped her buttocks and breasts on set

Film assistant says actor groped her several times in three incidents while filming Les Volets VertsA woman accusing Gérard Depardieu of sexual assault has told a landmark trial in Paris that the actor groped her buttocks and her breasts several times in three separate incidents on a film set. Depardieu, 76, is accused of groping a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant during filming in 2021 of Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters). He denies any sexual assault. The third day of the Paris trial focused on the testimony of the younger plaintiff, who said Depardieu had first groped her bottom when she was alone with him for a brief moment between the backstage area and the film set. “Out of the blue, he put his hand on my butt,” she told the court on Wednesday, adding she was in shock, “petrified” and said nothing. In a second incident, she alleged, Depardieu had suddenly put both his hands on her breasts. “I said no; I was scared,” she said. She also said she had told D...

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2 d. ago Accuser tells a trial that actor Gérard Depardieu groped her bottom and breasts on film set

A woman accusing French actor Gérard Depardieu of sexual assault has told a landmark trial in Paris that he groped her buttocks and her breasts several times in three separate incidents on a film set

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3 d. ago Police descend on Greater Manchester street amid sexual assault investigation

A man has been arrested

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3 d. ago Trump’s show of support for Conor McGregor is making fertile ground for Ireland’s far right | Justine McCarthy

The fighter won’t be Irish president any time soon, but the Trumpocracy seems to think it can shift the country’s politics by endorsing himMiddle Ireland feels grievously insulted by the US president. On St Patrick’s Day, when the globe traditionally turns green, Donald Trump’s official guest at the White House was not the taoiseach bearing a bowl of shamrock, but an unelected stooge recently found by a civil court jury liable for the rape of a woman in a Dublin hotel. Fear and loathing of the mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor, who is facing civil trial in the US for alleged sexual assault of another woman in Florida, is one of middle Ireland’s most unifying forces.“We couldn’t think of a better guest to have with us on St Patrick’s Day,” gushed Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt on 17 March, rubbing salt in the wound. McGregor was given access to the Pentagon, met the defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, and the national security...

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3 d. ago Gerard Depardieu announces he will RETIRE from acting as he denies sexual assault charges

The 76-year-old made the announcement from the dock on Tuesday as he was cross-examined on the second day of his criminal trial at the Paris Correctional Court.

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3 d. ago Israeli hostage describes sexual assault by Hamas thugs and waking up half naked after kidnapping on October 7

Ilana Gritzewsky, 31, was taken from her home in an Israeli village near the Gaza border on October 7 before being released during a ceasefire in November 2023.

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3 d. ago Gérard Depardieu tells court he grabbed sexual assault accuser by hips to avoid slipping

Actor denies assault and says any crude comments he made on film set were due to his bad moodThe French actor Gérard Depardieu has admitted in court that he grabbed the hips of a woman who has accused him of sexual assault, but said it was to avoid slipping and was not a sexual attack.“I grabbed her hips,” the actor, 76, told his trial for sexual assault at the Paris criminal court on Tuesday. The head judge noted that this was a change from his testimony during police interrogation when he had denied that any physical contact had taken place with the 54-year-old set decorator. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Grandfather held over the death of little Emile was quizzed over alleged violence and sexual assault at Catholic school where he worked in the 1990s

The grandfather of a little French boy found dead in the Alps was previously questions over alleged sexual assault and violence at a private Catholic school he worked at.

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3 d. ago Gerard Depardieu trial: French movie legend admits grabbing woman by hips but denies sexual assault

French movie legend tells trial: ‘I grabbed her hip so as not to slip because I was so upset by her, by the heat, it was a Friday towards the end of shooting, I was very tired’

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3 d. ago French actor Gerard Depardieu admits ‘grabbing woman’s hips’ but denies sexual assault at trial

If found guilty, the star of films like Jean de Florette and Cyrano de Bergerac could face up to five years in jail

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