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News Articles: #MeToo

WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon speaks to an audience during a WWE fan appreciation event, Oct. 30, 2010, in Hartford, Conn.

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  • Sports

Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigns from WWE parent company after sex abuse suit

Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE's parent company the day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct.

January 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Costume designer William Ivey Long in New York City in 2016. Long is currently facing a civil lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault.

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  • Arts & Life

Broadway costuming legend accused of sexual assault in civil suit

William Ivey Long, a six-time Tony Award winner and past chairman of the American Theatre Wing, is one of the defendants in a lawsuit filed Wednesday by Court Watson, a set and costume designer.

November 22, 2023
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Emanuel "Chris" Welch, the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, said that Democrats in the Illinois House would no longer work with the public relations firm SKDK due to revelations of a "glaring conflict of interest" in a sexual harassment and retaliation case.

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  • Investigations

Illinois Dems criticize Biden adviser, cut ties with PR firm over #MeToo conflict

Illinois Democrats said they cut ties with the prominent public relations firm SKDK following reporting by NPR about an undisclosed conflict of interest in a sexual harassment case.

September 18, 2023
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Baritone Samuel Schultz, who was sexually assaulted by famed countertenor David Daniels in 2010. Daniels pleaded guilty on Friday in a Houston courtroom.

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  • Arts & Life

After singer David Daniels' guilty plea, the victim speaks out

The opera star who once sang on stages around the world suddenly pleaded guilty to sexual assault on Friday. The assaulted man, singer Samuel Schultz, reflects on the experiences he has endured.

August 07, 2023
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
The entrance to The Juilliard School, which is located at Lincoln Center's campus in New York City.

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  • Arts & Life

Juilliard fires former chair after sexual misconduct investigation

Composer Robert Beaser has been fired from the renowned performing arts conservatory after an independent investigation found that he had broken Juilliard policies and "misrepresented facts."

June 09, 2023
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
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
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