sexual assault

On the night of April 3, 2015, Shiori Itō, an intern at Thomson Reuters, met Noriyuki Yamaguchi at a restaurant under the guise of a job interview. Yamaguchi, then the Washington bureau chief of Tokyo Broadcasting System and a personal friend (and biographer) of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was a mover and shaker in Japanese media and politics with the power to change her career. The last thing Itō remembers from that dinner is getting violently ill in the bathroom. The next thing she remembers is waking up in a hotel…

The prosecutor's office deemed that a complaint filed by French actor Hélène Darras falls outside the statute of limitations A complaint alleging that French actor Gerard Depardieu sexually assaulted actress Hélène Darras during the 2007 filming of Disco has been dismissed by French prosecutors. The prosecutor’s office deemed that a complaint falls outside the statute of limitations, according to Variety. Darras filed the initial complaint in September 2023, having decided to submit her own…

Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but there’s a true crime docuseries on Netflix that has tongues wagging. The appetite for such endeavors appears bottomless; it seems we really enjoy depraved and aberrant behavior so long as we can hit pause and take a bathroom break every now and then. But sometimes, a series will sneak through that offers more than titillation, cheap thrills, and hyperventilating aesthetics. And so, American Nightmare, a swift, concise piece of work that even mixes in a dash of investigative…

The allegations sparked an outcry within the state's conservative community, with critics accusing Ziegler and his wife, a Moms for Liberty co-founder, of hypocrisy Ousted Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler will not be charged with sexual battery, according to a statement released by the Sarasota Police Department. After reviewing a video of a sexual encounter between Ziegler and an unnamed woman who later accused him of rape, authorities determined that the encounter was “ likely consensual.“…

The allegations sparked an outcry within the state's conservative community, with critics accusing Ziegler and his wife, a Moms for Liberty co-founder, of hypocrisy Ousted Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler will not be charged with sexual battery, according to a statement released by the Sarasota Police Department. After reviewing a video of a sexual encounter between Ziegler and an unnamed woman who later accused him of rape, authorities determined that the encounter was “ likely consensual.“…

The career of Jonathan Majors, 34, has taken another hit after he was convicted of assault and harassment charges last month, as reported by CNN. FILE PHOTO: Actor Jonathan Majors arrives with Meagan Good for the jury selection in his assault and harassment case at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, U.S. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo(REUTERS) The Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star has been dropped from the role of Dennis Rodman in the biopic of the former NBA player, which is currently titled…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Associated Press NEW YORK — A California man was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for seeking to win a $100 million lawsuit by making false sexual assault claims against Hollywood executives. Rovier Carrington, 34, of Los Angeles was sentenced in Manhattan federal court after he pleaded guilty to making a false declaration in the 2018 civil case. The sentence issued by Judge Valerie E. Caproni was more than twice what prosecutors requested. In a pre-sentence submission, they wrote that…

Paula Abdul and two All American Girl contestants accused the TV producer of sexual assault in two separate lawsuits Nigel Lythgoe is the subject of a probe helmed by Sony Pictures Television’s 19 Entertainment, which co-produces “So You Think You Can Dance” with Dick Clark Productions, Variety and Deadline have reported. Last month, Paula Abdul sued the former American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance producer and the show’s production companies, alleging that Lythgoe sexually assaulted her…

Documents related to Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein will be made public on Wednesday after a judge ruled in December that the previously redacted information should be unsealed, according to a court order issued early this afternoon by Judge Loretta Preska. The previously redacted documents, related to more than 150 of the so-called Jane and John Does in the case, were part of the evidence presented in the civil case against Ghislaine Maxwell brought by Virginia Giuffre. Maxwell, the youngest child and…

Jimmie Allen’s lawyers have filed a motion to withdraw as the country singer’s legal counsel in his two separate sexual assault cases, but are facing pushback from one of the Jane Doe plaintiffs. Last month, Allen’s lawyers Jonathan Cole and Katelyn R. Dwyer filed a motion asking the court to let them withdraw from the case, stating only that Allen has been “unable to comply with the terms of his engagement” (no further details were given). Elizabeth A. Fegan, a lawyer for Allen’s anonymous accuser (who previously…