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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Former U.S. President Donald Trump has faced dozens of sexual misconduct allegations over the decades. He's the first president to be held liable for sexual assault, and in January, he was ordered to pay over US$80 million to E. Jean Carroll for defamatory statements related to her sexual assault claims. Despite all…

Before Nickelodeon showrunner Dan Schneider parted ways with the slime-covered network in 2018, Schneider served as the face of the network. He spearheaded several successful tween shows like The Amanda Show, starring Amanda Bynes, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101 (starring Jamie Lynn Spears), iCarly, and Victorious. Despite the incredible success of the tween-angst comedies, a new docuseries has revealed the stark reality behind the scenes within Schneider-affiliated shows. In the four-part docuseries, Quiet on Set: The Dark…

An investigation has found that the physicist who claimed to have developed the world’s first room-temperature superconductor engaged in “research misconduct,” according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Ranga Dias, a researcher and assistant professor at the University of Rochester, has been under investigation by a committee of outside experts since last August over concerns about the accuracy of his findings.“The committee concluded, in accordance with University policy and federal regulations, that Dias…

Four survivor-led advocacy organizations — including those founded by former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson and California governor Gavin Newsom’s wife Jennifer Newsom — published a letter and report on Wednesday calling for the music business to take further action regarding sexual misconduct across the industry. The report, titled “Sound Off: The Make Music Safe Report” compiled decades of previously disclosed allegations against over two dozen prominent artists and industry executives such as Sean “Diddy”…

Former Dave Matthews Band violinist Boyd Tinsley faces a new lawsuit alleging that he breached the terms of a 2019 settlement stemming from a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a member of Tinsley’s band Crystal Garden. In 2018, musician James Frost-Winn sued Tinsley, alleging that in November 2015 — during Frost-Winn’s tenure with Crystal Garden — Tinsley “ejaculated next to Plaintiff Winn and touched Winn’s buttocks while Plaintiff Winn was sleeping.”  According to the suit, following that incident, Tinsley…

A scam that defrauded Apple out of millions of dollars’ worth of iPhones has led to the convictions of two of the perpetrators, with each facing up to 20 years in jail. Haotian Sun, 33, and Pengfei Xue, 33, both Chinese nationals, were found guilty by a federal jury on Tuesday for participating in what the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia described as a “sophisticated” scheme that tricked Apple into replacing fake phones with the genuine article. Between May 2017 and September 2019, Sun, Xue, and…

Kevin Spacey will pay $1 million to the production company behind House of Cards to settle an arbitration case stemming from sexual misconduct claims against the actor, Variety reports. Spacey will pay the $1 million fee in installments to the production company, Media Rights Capital (MRC), over several years. It’s a significantly smaller sum than the $31 million the actor was originally ordered to pay in 2021 for breaching his contract after an arbitrator found claims that he’d sexually harassed young crew members…

The day after Donald Trump was indicted on charges related to his alleged post-presidency mishandling of classified documents, the former president revealed that his longtime aide and valet, Walt Nauta, had also been charged by the Justice Department.  In a Truth Social post, Trump described Nauta as a “wonderful man” and former Navy enlistee who had “served proudly with me in the White House, retired as Senior Chief, and then transitioned into private life as a personal aide.” But the former president left out a…

Wild misconduct apparently appeared by a handful of Van Gogh Museum employees during a popular Pokemon exhibit over the past few months. As such, a new report says at least four workers have been suspended and won't be returning--including one who had spent 25 years there.Eurogamer noted that Dutch site Het Parool reported on the Van Gogh Museum suspensions, which affected security guards and public service workers. Apparently one particular employee even stole a box of Pokemon cards during the special…

A judge nixed the lawsuit with prejudice Friday after plaintiff Kristina Hirsch lost her lawyer and failed to meet a filing deadline The lawsuit that accused Warren Beatty of sexual misconduct in 1973 was dismissed with prejudice on Friday, meaning plaintiff Kristina Hirsch cannot refile the case. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Edward B. Moreton, Jr. terminated the case after Hirsch filed a declaration in largely illegible handwriting and failed to meet a court deadline for a case…