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Fallout from a New York jury’s conviction of Jonathan Majors for misdemeanor reckless assault and harassment has erupted in a lawsuit against the actor from ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, who claims that she alerted Majors’ management team of abuse in 2021. Jabbari, in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in New York federal court, brings claims for battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress, malicious prosecution and defamation, which arises from Majors denying that he abused the professional…

Jonathan Majors' former girlfriend sued him Tuesday on civil allegations including assault, battery, defamation and infliction of emotional distress, three months after the actor was convicted in a criminal trial of assaulting her in New York City. HT Image Grace Jabbari, a 31-year-old British dancer, filed the action in federal court in Manhattan, claiming Majors subjected her to escalating incidents of physical and verbal abuse from 2021 to 2023. Hindustan Times - your fastest source for breaking news!…

Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari has sued the former Marvel actor for defamation, malicious prosecution, assault and battery, detailing more instances where Majors allegedly physically abused her during their nearly two-year relationship, according to legal documents obtained by Rolling Stone. The professional dancer and movement coach filed suit in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, claiming Majors “has consistently engaged in an escalating pattern of abusive behavior towards women since as…

Roman Polanski will face trial in France on Tuesday over allegations that he defamed the British actress Charlotte Lewis after she accused him of having sexually assaulted her in the 1980s. Polanski, who is still a fugitive from U.S. justice over a rape case involving a 13-year-old in 1977, faces multiple accusations relating to other alleged sexual assaults dating back decades, all of which he has denied. In 2010, Lewis accused Polanski of having sexually assaulted her “in the worst possible…

The French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski will be tried in France on Tuesday over allegations that he defamed a British actor who accused him of sexual abuse in the 1980s.The 90-year-old is wanted in the US over the rape of a 13-year-old in 1977 and faces several other accusations of alleged sexual assault dating back decades and past the statute of limitations – all claims he has rejected.The director – whose lengthy career includes his Oscar-winning films Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown and The Pianist – fled to Europe in…

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Russell Simmons has been sued for defamation for allegedly trying to undermine sexual assault accusations made against him. Drew Dixon, a former Def Jam Recordings executive who alleges she was raped by the music mogul in 1995, claims in a lawsuit filed on Thursday in New York’s state Supreme Court that Simmons engaged in a “concerted and malicious campaign to discredit” her with the aim of undercutting her rape accusations. Among other statements, Simmons said in an interview on a podcast in…

Russell Simmons is facing another lawsuit, this time for defamation after former music executive Drew Dixon claims the Def Jam Records co-founder defamed her by calling her a “liar” after she accused him of sexually assaulting her, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone.  Dixon, who worked as an A&R executive at the label from 1993 until leaving shortly after the alleged assault in 1995, filed suit in New York on Thursday and is seeking compensatory and punitive damages.   Attorneys for…

US climate scientist Michael Mann has prevailed in a lawsuit that accused two conservative commentators of defamation for challenging his research and comparing him to a convicted child molester. A jury awarded Mann, who is based at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, more than US$1 million in a landmark case that legal observers see as a warning to those who attack scientists working in controversial fields, including climate science and public health.“It’s perfectly legitimate to criticize scientific…

A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million US to climate scientist Michael Mann, who sued a pair of conservative writers 12 years ago after they compared his depictions of global warming to a convicted child molester.Mann, a professor of climate science at the University of Pennsylvania, rose to fame for a graph first published in 1998 in the journal Nature that was dubbed the "hockey stick" for its dramatic illustration of a warming planet.The work brought Mann wide exposure but also many skeptics, including the two writers…