3 h. ago Gerard Depardieu tells court he's 'too old and fat' to be guilty of sex assault claims

Gerard Depardieu has denied allegations that he sexually assaulted women – insisting that he is too old and fat to carry out the alleged assault

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9 h. 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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10 h. ago Jakob Ingebrigtsen describes violent childhood with ‘no free will’ in testimony against father Gjert

Gjert Ingebrigtsen denies physically abusing two of his children, one of whom is double Olympic champion Jakob

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11 h. ago Jakob Ingebrigtsen tells court of fear and control in testimony against father

‘Upbringing closely tied to fear,’ athlete says in abuse caseIngebrigtsen Sr allegedly physically abused daughter, tooThe double Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen described a childhood marked by fear and manipulation when he took the witness stand on Tuesday in a Norwegian court to testify against his father and former coach.Gjert Ingebrigtsen has pleaded not guilty to charges of physically abusing two of his seven children, namely the track athlete and his sister, Ingrid. The 59-year-old faces up to six years in prison, with the trial due to run until 16 May in Sandnes, south-western Norway. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Jakob Ingebrigtsen tells court of father’s physical abuse in testimony

Athlete recounts evidence of ‘violence’ for four hoursIngebrigtsen Sr allegedly physically abused daughter tooFew sports stories have been more beguiling or eccentric than that of the Ingebrigtsens, the Norwegian running family who from earliest childhood were trained as professional athletes by their father, Gjert. When his sons, Jakob, Filip and Henrik, stormed to Olympic, world and European titles, the reality television cameras were there to capture many of the steps, squabbles and medals along the way. Little wonder that Team Ingebrigtsen became the most popular TV show in Norwegian history.But on Tuesday a courtroom in Sandnes, in the south-west of the country, heard that the reality inside the family home was far bleaker, with harrowing stories of violence, threats and manipulative behaviour from Gjert towards Jakob, the double Olympic champion, and his younger sister, Ingrid. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Stuart Hogg absent from court hearing as sheriff tells him he must 'face the consequences'

The former Scotland international previously pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of his ex-partner

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12 h. ago Gérard Depardieu admits to grabbing sexual assault accuser by the hips

Actor denies this was assault and tells court any crude comments were due to his bad moodGérard Depardieu has admitted in court to grabbing by the hips a woman who accuses him of sexual assault, but denied this was assault and said any crude comments he may have made were because of his bad mood.A towering figure of French cinema, Depardieu, 76, has faced a growing number of sexual assault allegations in recent years. The actor has consistently denied any wrongdoing and this is the first case for which he is standing trial. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Noel Clarke said he kept explicit photos of women to use as ‘collateral’, court told

Actor had pictures of women’s vaginas to use in case they ever wanted to speak about him or tell his wife, witness saysNoel Clarke told an actor that he kept explicit photos of women he had sex with to use as “collateral” in case they ever wanted to speak out about him or tell his wife, the high court has heard. Clarke, 49, is suing the Guardian over publications from 2021-22 accusing him of sexual misconduct, based on allegations from more than 20 women. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Jakob Ingebrigtsen set to testify against father accused of abuse

Gjert Ingebritsen has been accused of abuse by two of his children

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35 h. ago Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father enters not guilty plea as trial begins in Norway

Gjert Ingebrigtsen accused of physically abusing two of his childrenFather stepped down from coaching his son Jakob in 2022Gjert Ingebrigtsen, the father and former coach of the Norwegian runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen, pleaded not guilty as his trial began on Monday. He is accused of physically abusing two of his children, including the two-times Olympic champion.The 59-year-old could face up to six years in prison if found guilty, with the trial expected to run until mid-May in the city of Sandnes. Norwegian police pressed charges against Ingebrigtsen Sr last year, accusing him of abusing two of his seven children, including Jakob for several years. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Father of runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen pleads not guilty to abusing sons as Norway trial begins

Gjert Ingebrigtsen accused of physically abusing two sonsFather stepped down from coaching his son Jakob in 2022Gjert Ingebrigtsen, the father and former coach of the Norwegian runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen, pleaded not guilty as his trial began on Monday. He is accused of physically abusing two of his children, including the two-times Olympic champion.The 59-year-old could face up to six years in prison if found guilty, with the trial expected to run until mid-May in the city of Sandnes. Norwegian police pressed charges against Ingebrigtsen Sr last year, accusing him of abusing two of his seven children, including Jakob for several years. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Neil Gourley and Georgia Hunter Bell earn redemption with World Indoor medals

Gourley took 1500m silver behind Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen as Hunter Bell nabbed bronze in the women’s event

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57 h. ago Ingebrigtsen secures double gold and GB athletes enjoy day of redemption

Neil Gourley wins silver in world indoor 1500m finalGeorgia Hunter Bell claims bronze in NanjingThe world indoor championships in Nanjing this year will be remembered as a story of redemption for so many of Britain’s finest athletes, but as is so often the case these days on the track it was Jakob Ingebrigtsen who wrote the script.The Norwegian went into these championships in China with the chance to emulate the great Haile Gebrselassie by becoming only the second man to win 1500m and 3,000m gold in the same world indoor championships. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Armand Duplantis takes another world title as Jakob Ingebrigtsen claims 3000m gold

The Swedish pole vaulter joined Sergey Bubka and Renaud Lavillenie as a triple world indoors champion

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66 h. ago Armand Duplantis takes another world title as Jakob Ingebrigtsen claims 1500m gold

The Swedish pole vaulter joined Segey Bubka and Renaud Lavillenie as a triple world indoors champion

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3 d. ago Armand Duplantis soars to another world title as Jakob Ingebrigtsen claims 1500m gold

The Swedish pole vaulter joined Segey Bubka and Renaud Lavillenie as a triple world indoors champion

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5 d. ago Christian teacher sacked for telling pupils being gay is a sin and trans people are 'just confused' loses High Court challenge

Glawdys Leger made the comments to her pupils during a religious studies lesson at Bishop Justus Church of England School in Bromley, south London , in February 2022.

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6 d. ago Schoolboy, 15, accused of beating an elderly dog walker to death tells court he pushed him to the ground to protect his 13

The teenager is charged with the murder of Bhim Kohli, 80, who died 24 hours after he was allegedly punched and kicked repeatedly in a park last September.

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6 d. ago Police detention officer is cleared of stealing her neighbour's cat after telling court she took her for 'compassionate reasons'

Dawn Jowett, 61, admitted taking her nieghbour's cat Dora to her new address but claimed she had been looking after the animal herself for 18 months and was acting for compassionate reasons.

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7 d. ago Michael Jackson fans in bitter row over one disturbing aspect of Leaving Neverland 2

The follow-up to the Emmy-winning original shows Wade Robson and James Safechuck fighting for a decade for their right to go to court and tell the world what Michael Jackson did to them as kids in the 1980s and 90s

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