2 h. ago Bill Murray breaks silence on sexual misconduct investigation over unwanted kiss after $100k settlement

Bill Murray is opening up about the shocking sexual misconduct allegation that doomed his film Being Mortal from being released in 2022 and forever altered his public reputation.

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21 h. ago ‘To me it’s still funny it’s still stupid’: Bill Murray speaks out about sexual misconduct allegations

The actor said he was ‘barbecued’ after a complaint on the set of Being Mortal in 2022, which shut down production on the filmBill Murray has said he feels he was “barbecued” by a sexual misconduct allegation on the set of a 2022 comedy, which led to the film being cancelled and his reaching a financial settlement with the woman who accused him of straddling her and kissing her. “It wasn’t like I touched her,” said Murray to the New York Times in a new interview. “I gave her a kiss through a mask. And she wasn’t a stranger.”Murray defended his actions to the paper, saying that the complainant was “someone that I worked with, that I had had lunch with on various days of the week”. The actor put his actions down to trying to be amusing in a strained and claustrophobic setting. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago ‘To me it’s still funny it’s still stupid’: Bill Murray speaks out about sexual misconduct allegation

The actor said he was ‘barbecued’ after a complaint on the set of Being Mortal in 2022, which shut down production on the filmBill Murray has said he feels he was “barbecued” by a sexual misconduct allegation on the set of a 2022 comedy, which led to the film being cancelled and his reaching a financial settlement with the woman who accused him of straddling her and kissing her. “It wasn’t like I touched her,” said Murray to the New York Times in a new interview. “I gave her a kiss through a mask. And she wasn’t a stranger.”Murray defended his actions to the paper, saying that the complainant was “someone that I worked with, that I had had lunch with on various days of the week”. The actor put his actions down to trying to be amusing in a strained and claustrophobic setting. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago James Corden makes risky sexual joke about Dame Judi Dench, 90, which stuns audiences at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony in LA

He stirred much controversy and was forced to apologise after making a poorly timed joke about Harvey Weinstein in the wake of the sexual assault allegations against him in 2017.

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43 h. ago Member of Parliament 'under investigation' after allegation of sexual assault at Soho's Groucho Club

The male politician was interviewed under caution over the alleged attack at the private members’ club in August 2023

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60 h. ago Russell Brand breaks cover hours after being charged with rape and sexual assault

Russell Brand has been seen in public after the former comedian and actor was charged by The Metropolitan Police following allegations of rape and sexual assault

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3 d. ago Former Washington archbishop Theodore McCarrick, defrocked over abuse allegations, dies aged 94

Most senior American prelate in Catholic church to face accusations of sexual abuse died in state of MissouriThe first cardinal to be defrocked by the Pope over allegations of sexual abuse has died in the United States, a senior US churchman said on Friday.Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington and the most senior American prelate in the Catholic church to face claims of abuse, died in the state of Missouri aged 94, the New York Times reported, citing a Vatican statement. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Justin Baldoni claims Ryan Reynolds ‘exploited Blake Lively’s false insinuations’ to ‘accumulate power’

Baldoni and Lively, who is married to Reynolds, are involved in legal actions related to her sexual harassment allegation

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4 d. ago Baldoni claims Ryan Reynolds ‘exploited Blake Lively’s false insinuations’ to ‘accumulate power’

Baldoni and Lively, who is married to Reynolds, are involved in legal actions related to her sexual harassment allegation

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5 d. ago ‘No agenda’ in Guardian investigation of Noel Clarke, high court hears

Actor accuses newspaper of libel in articles about his alleged sexual misconductThere was “no agenda” in the Guardian’s investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Noel Clarke, the high court has heard.In her second day in the witness box, Lucy Osborne, an investigative correspondent at the Guardian, defended the publication’s reporting in the face of questioning from the former Doctor Who star’s barrister, Philip Williams. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago US immigration officials detain Taliban’s former ambassador to Spain

Afghan diplomat Wahidi has already lost his diplomatic immunity in Spain over sexual assault allegations

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6 d. ago Guardian journalist received large number of leads after Noel Clarke article, court told

Lucy Osborne tells high court she was ‘taken aback’ at number of people in contact over the actor’s alleged sexual misconductA Guardian journalist who has worked on high-profile investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct by men said the volume of fresh leads received after writing about Noel Clarke was the most she had ever witnessed.Lucy Osborne, who, with Sirin Kale, carried out the Guardian’s investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against the Doctor Who actor, told the high court that she was “taken aback” by how many people got in touch after publication of the first article. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Joe Gatto’s dog rescue shelter announces rebrand amid sexual assault allegations against the comedian

The ‘Impractical Jokers’ alum recently announced that he was entering an inpatient facility

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6 d. ago ROBERT JOBSON: Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre's crash doesn't stack up

Virginia Giuffre, the woman whose sexual assault allegations helped sink Prince Andrew's royal standing, says on her socials that she is dying in a dramatic hospital bed post.

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7 d. ago Former South Korean lawmaker accused of sexual assault found dead

Chang Je Won was a key ally of impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol

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7 d. ago Noel Clarke left women he thought spoke to Guardian ‘fearful and in tears’

Court hears from publisher’s head of investigations about actor’s libel claim over sexual misconduct allegationsThe actor Noel Clarke made calls to some of the women he thought were cooperating with the Guardian prior to the publication of its investigation into his behaviour, leaving them “shaken, fearful and in tears”, the high court in London has heard.The Guardian’s head of investigations, Paul Lewis, was giving evidence in defence of Clarke’s libel claim against the news publisher over allegations of sexual misconduct. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Girl, 5, 'sexually assaulted' on school playground by gang of boys as parents sent horror message

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Parents at a primary school are demanding answers after a young girl aged just five was allegedly the victim of a sexual assault by a group of boys

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7 d. ago Women left ‘shaken, fearful and in tears’ after conversations with Noel Clarke

The actor is suing Guardian News and Media over stories about alleged sexual misconduct.

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8 d. ago Sexual assault allegations seem to be a badge of honor in Trump’s America. Was #MeToo an epic failure?

The push to end sexual violence has sparked a revenge campaign setting fire to women’s rights and pushing young men to the right. But organizers can learn from the movement’s lossesDressed in his trademark sunglasses and a skintight black T-shirt, Andrew Tate strode into a Las Vegas arena like a returning king. He was there to watch Power Slap, a UFC offshoot where people slap each other in the face with such force that doctors say it could lead to brain damage and death.Days earlier, Tate and his brother Tristan had been in Romania, their assets seized, awaiting trial on human trafficking charges. But following reported conversations between Romanian officials and the Trump administration, the Romanian government lifted a travel ban on the brothers. Now, as a heavily male crowd watched men slap one another so hard they collapsed, the UFC president, Dana White, warmly embraced the Tates. White, a Meta board member who was once caught on camera slapping his own wife, smiled at the Ta...

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9 d. ago Paedophile hunters expose sick new tactic online predators are using to lure young victims

Footage from around the UK shared on TikTok, reveals men wearing wigs and women's clothing being confronted about alleged sexual messages or activity with children.

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