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News Articles: #MeToo

Harvey Weinstein appearing in court in Los Angeles in Oct. 2022.

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  • Law

Harvey Weinstein will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after LA sentence

Once one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, the 70-year-old former film producer will most likely spend the rest of his life in prison. He is already serving a 23-year sentence in New York.

February 23, 2023
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
R. Kelly appearing in court in Chicago in Sept. 2019, alongside his attorney Steven Greenberg (L).

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  • Law

R. Kelly sentenced to one more year in prison for child pornography

The disgraced former R&B star is already serving 30 years for sex trafficking and racketeering. On Thursday, he was given one more year in prison for having made pornography with three children.

February 23, 2023
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
South Korean actor Oh Young-soo speaks Sept. 21 during a press conference at the Welcome Daehakro Festival 2022 in Seoul, South Korea.

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  • Television

'Squid Game' actor Oh Young-soo is indicted on indecent assault charges

The 78-year-old Emmy nominee is accused of inappropriately touching a woman during a meeting in 2017. A South Korean outlet says Oh denies wrongdoing in the incident.

December 01, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
<em>New York Times</em> journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor (Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan) investigate allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in <em>She Said. </em>

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  • Movie Reviews

'She Said' follows the journalists who set the #MeToo movement in motion

An engrossing new film focuses on New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, whose reporting uncovered the crimes of Harvey Weinstein — and the vast network of people who enabled him.

November 18, 2022
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  • Justin Chang
In this courtroom artist sketch, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, takes the stand Monday at the trial of Harvey Weinstein in Los Angeles.

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  • National

The wife of California's governor gives tearful testimony at Weinstein's rape trial

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a filmmaker, nearly screamed through tears Monday as she told the court Harvey Weinstein raped her 17 years ago and spoke of the devastating effects it has had on her since.

November 15, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Brittany Higgins spent several days under cross-examination for the trial of her alleged rapist, Bruce Lehrmann. The trial has come to an abrupt end after a juror brought outside research into deliberations.

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  • World

A high-profile Australian #MeToo trial ended unexpectedly — and without a verdict

Jurors spent five days deliberating Brittany Higgins' claim of being raped in Parliament house before a judge discovered of of them brought outside research into the court, scrapping the whole trial.

October 27, 2022
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  • Emily Olson
UCLA gynecologist James Heaps appears in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2019.

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  • National

Court finds former UCLA gynecologist guilty of sexually abusing patients

A jury was hung on nine additional felony counts against James Heaps. The doctor is facing thousands of accusations of abuse and has cost UCLA $700 million in lawsuits.

October 21, 2022
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  • Emily Olson
Pablo Neruda, then serving as Chile's ambassador to France, talks with reporters in Paris after being named winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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  • World

He's known as Chile's greatest poet, but feminists say Pablo Neruda is canceled

"He's been canceled," a Chilean activist says of 20th century poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda. Five decades after his death, feminists are denouncing him as a male chauvinist and sexual predator.

October 15, 2022
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  • John Otis
Brittany Higgins, center, leaves the courthouse in Canberra, Australia, on Wednesday.

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  • World

Trial opens for the case that ignited Australia's #MeToo movement

The trial of parliamentary staffer Brittany Higgins' alleged rapist, which began on Tuesday and could last up to six weeks, may become one of the country's most-watched court cases in decades.

October 07, 2022
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  • Emily Olson
Opera star Plácido Domingo, performing at a concert in Marbella, Spain on July 11.

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  • Arts & Life

Plácido Domingo linked to criminal ring in Argentina, prosecutors say

Media in Argentina have broadcast audio recordings of police wiretaps that prosecutors say includes the voice of the famed singer making plans for a sexual encounter arranged by the crime ring.

August 20, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Actor Johnny Depp waves to the gallery as he leaves for a break Monday during his defamation trial in Fairfax, Va. against his ex-wife, Amber Heard.

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  • Law

On social media, Johnny Depp is winning public sympathy over Amber Heard

On TikTok, #IStandWithAmberHeard has garnered about 8.2 million views, while #JusticeForJohnnyDepp has earned about 15 billion views. A sociologist offers her views on the reasons why.

May 26, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Director Miwa Nishikawa poses for portraits for the film "Nagai Iiwake" (Long excuses) at the 11th edition of the Rome Film Festival in Rome on Oct. 18, 2016.

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  • Asia

A #MeToo crisis is raging in the Japanese film industry

A #MeToo moment may be growing in a country where top movie directors have signed a petition expressing outrage over allegations of sexual violence in the film industry.

April 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne in 2020. In a social media post on Tuesday, she described her alleged assault ten years ago at the hands of one of the country's most powerful Communist Party officials, Zhang Gaoli.

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  • World

Chinese tennis athlete accuses former top Communist Party official of sexual assault

In a social media post Tuesday night, Peng Shuai described her assault years earlier at the hands of Zhang Gaoli. It's the first public accusation of sexual assault against a senior Party officer.

November 04, 2021
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  • Emily Feng
Adam Driver and Matt Damon play real-life combatants Jacques Le Gris and Sir Jean de Carrouges in<em> The Last Duel.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

'The Last Duel' is a 'Rashomon'-style #MeToo story — and a messy medieval epic

Ridley Scott's epic, which opens in 1386 Paris, tells the story of a duel between a squire of a knight from three points of view — including that of the woman they're fighting over.

October 15, 2021
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  • Justin Chang

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  • Author Interviews

'Me Too' Founder Tarana Burke Says Black Girls' Trauma Shouldn't Be Ignored

Burke says society often ignores Black girls' sexual trauma — and that the R. Kelly trial, coming after 25 years of allegations, highlights the "stark difference" in response to victims of color.

September 29, 2021
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  • Tonya Mosley
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