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Two women came forward with new abuse allegations against Jonathan Majors on Thursday, accusing the disgraced actor of physical and emotional abuse in a report from the New York Times. The report also cited interviews with 20 other people who alleged that Majors has a “history of volatility,” per the Times, and that he repeatedly confronted female coworkers while on set of the HBO series Lovecraft Country, leading several to complain to the network. The Times report references accounts from…

Two women have come forward to accuse Jonathan Majors of abuse, two months after the Marvel star was convicted of recklessly assaulting his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.  The women, Emma Duncan and Maura Hooper spoke to The New York Times and alleged Majors was physically and/or emotionally abusive during their overlapping relationships with the actor. Duncan claims that on multiple occasions, Majors threatened to kill her, and in one alleged incident in 2016 Majors allegedly choked Duncan, and later that year…

In the first trailer for Investigation Discover’s forthcoming docuseries Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV, Nickelodeon‘s green slime is apparently not the stickiest part of the network’s legacy. The four-part series, premiering March 17, pulls back the curtain as former child stars and employees detail the trauma and alleged abuse they say they encountered on some of the most popular kids series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvyULepxgw4 The trailer for Quiet on Set describes the writer and producer…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Child sexual abuse is common in Australia. The best evidence of this comes from the 2023 Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS), which surveyed 8,500 Australians aged 16 and over. The ACMS found 28.5% of the national population has experienced sexual abuse before age 18 by any person (adult or adolescent). Women were twice as likely as men to have experienced sexual abuse (37.3%-18.8%).…

According to Los Angeles Times, the Recording Academy allegedly used nondisclosure agreements in exchange for money to keep women from talking about sexual abuse within the organization. The paper claims that attorney Joel Katz, who will receive a Trustees Awards from the Academy tomorrow, once offered Terri McIntyre $1 million not to report alleged sexual assaults she suffered while working for the organization. McIntyre, who was once executive director of the Recording Academy’s Los Angeles chapter, told the…

On Saturday, on the eve of the Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy will bestow its Trustees Award on prominent music industry attorney Joel Katz, a former chairman and general counsel of the organization who has represented Michael Jackson’s estate and Willie Nelson.Not everyone thinks it’s deserved. Terri McIntyre, the former executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of the Recording Academy, is troubled that the group will honor — alongside such past luminaries as Walt Disney, Berry Gordy and…

The singer-songwriter Rebecca Ferguson has spoken about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her former management company as part of a new parliamentary report, which has called racism and misogyny across the industry “endemic”.Ferguson gave evidence to the women and equalities committee, whose misogyny in music report has on Tuesday recommended the creation of the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) to protect women from predatory and abusive practices in music.Ferguson, who rose to prominence…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Soccer players are concerned for their physical safety due to a fan culture seen as increasingly more violent and abusive, according to new UCD research. The first of its kind, the report "The Impact of Violence Towards Footballers in Their Workplace" by FIFPRO, the global players' union shows the stress players are being put…

In my senior year of college, I began my first job as a social worker, counseling victims of sexual assault. I began every morning determined to help my clients, who had experienced major trauma. But in sessions, I felt powerless, like there was never enough I could do for them. And by the time I left each evening, all I could feel was rage for my clients who had been sexually abused—especially when they were children. I wondered why their abuse hadn’t been prevented; why we weren’t stopping it before it…

The chairwoman of the US Federal Communications Commission on Thursday wrote to nine large automakers, including Elon Musk's Tesla, seeking more information about their policies involving internet-connected car technology and domestic abuse.Cases of technology-enabled stalking involving cars are emerging as automakers add ever-more sophisticated features, such as location tracking and remote control of functions like locking doors or honking the horn.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…