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He’s not paying any of it, and there’s a good chance the accusers will only get a part of it. Attorneys representing claims against Harvey Weinstein, his company and former associates have reached a $44 million settlement to resolve civil lawsuits over his alleged sexual misconduct. Over 80 victims originally were…
Harvard University announced that Professor Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr. and his lecturer wife, Stephanie Robinson, will not return as faculty deans at the Winthrop House, an undergraduate residential house. Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana sent an email to staff and students on Saturday informing them the two would not return…
UPDATE: Aug. 21, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. ET Argento Says She Never Had a Sexual Relationship with Bennett The New York Times stands by its report. In a statement distributed by her Italian lawyer, Asia Argento claims she and her then boyfriend Anthony Bourdain decided to answer Jimmy Bennett’s plea…
UPDATE: Aug. 21, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. ET Argento Says She Never Had a Sexual Relationship with Bennett The New York Times stands by its report. In a statement distributed by her Italian lawyer, Asia Argento claims she and her then boyfriend Anthony Bourdain decided to answer Jimmy Bennett’s plea…
Men who feel their “social status is threatened” are more likely to sexually harass their female subordinates, according to newly published research. However, the same cannot be said for women, note the authors of “Feeling Powerful but Incompetent: Fear of Negative Evaluation Predicts Men’s Sexual Harassment of Subordinates.” The research…
There was one more red carpet for Harvey to walk down. At 7:30 this morning, the alleged rapist walked into a Lower Manhattan police station surrounded by cameras flashing and reporters shouting his name. The white male millionaire Hollywood film mogul was accused of sexual assault for the first time…
A new six-part documentary series about the life and controversial death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has pitted the man who was acquitted of the unarmed Florida teen’s death against the venture’s producer. Claiming that the production team and film crew have harassed friends and family members, including his parents, George…
TIME magazine, which named the “Silence Breakers” of the #MeToo social movement as most influential in 2017, excluded the Black woman who founded the movement Tarana Burke from the cover. Burkegot it right when she created the movement more than a decade ago in 2006, but an editorial team that…
A bipartisan effort to prevent sexual harassment on Capitol Hill hit the Senate on Tuesday. The “Senate Training on Prevention of Sexual Harassment Resolution,” or the “STOP Sexual Harassment Resolution,” was proposed by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The measure would require newly elected individuals to complete a proposed training within…
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