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A 61-year-old grandfather is suing Sunglass Hut's parent company after the store's facial recognition technology mistakenly identified him as a robber. Harvey Eugene Murphy Jr. was subsequently held in jail, where he says he was sexually assaulted, according to the lawsuit.The January 2022 robbery took place at a Sunglass Hut store in Houston, Texas, when two gun-wielding robbers stole thousands of dollars in cash and merchandise.Houston police identified Murphy as a suspect – even though he was living in California at…

Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed 13 state staffers over a span of eight years while he was governor of New York, the Justice Department announced on Friday. The revelation comes as part of an agreement to settle the DOJ’s sexual misconduct investigation into Cuomo, and largely confirms the findings of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ own damning probe into Cuomo’s conduct, which led to the political scion’s resignation in 2021. The DOJ agreement released Friday concludes that Cuomo led a “sexually…

Meta estimates about 100,000 children using Facebook and Instagram receive online sexual harassment each day, including “pictures of adult genitalia”, according to internal company documents made public late Wednesday.The unsealed legal filing includes several allegations against the company based on information the New Mexico attorney general’s office received from presentations by Meta employees and communications between staff. The documents describe an incident in 2020 when the 12-year-old daughter of an executive at…

A recent court case concerning child abuse on Meta's Facebook and Instagram apps claimed that an internal company estimate from 2021 indicated that up to 100,000 children were subjected to sexual harassment on the platforms on a daily basis, including images of adult genitalia.This was disclosed in recently unsealed sections of a complaint filed by the attorney general of New Mexico in an ongoing legal battle against the social media giant regarding the company's efforts to safeguard minors on the internet as the…

An Air Force veteran who previously claimed she was drugged and sexually assaulted by rapper T.I. and his wife, Tameka Harris, in 2005 sued the couple in Los Angeles late Tuesday. The Jane Doe plaintiff says she was around 22 or 23 years old and stationed in Los Angeles when she attended a party at Coolio’s house and met a man who purportedly worked for T.I. and Tameka, also known as Tiny. She alleges the man, who went by the name “Caviar,” helped facilitate a meeting with T.I. and Tiny at a club the following…

Twitch, the livestreaming platform known for gaming content, announced on Friday it had rolled back its updated nudity policies after just two days.The backflip followed incidents in which users posted sexually explicit content that went against the platform’s guidelines.The streaming company has struggled to moderate sexual content throughout the years.Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >>In a blog post Friday, CEO Dan Clancy apologised and said Twitch “went too far” in deciding to allow artistic…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeFast and Furious actor Vin Diesel has denied his former assistant’s accusations of sexual assault.On Thursday (21 December), it was revealed that Asta Jonasson, who briefly worked for the bankable Hollywood actor while he was filming the fifth Fast and Furious film in 2010, had filed a lawsuit against the star.According to legal documents, Diesel – who also appears in the Guardians of…

Vin Diesel has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman who says she briefly worked as his assistant more than a decade ago, according to a lawsuit filed on Thursday and obtained by Rolling Stone. The plaintiff, Asta Jonasson, who works in the film and TV industry, alleged in the complaint that Diesel groped her, forcibly kissed her, and masturbated in front of her in his hotel room in Atlanta in 2010. She claimed the alleged assault took place just over a week after Diesel and his production company, One Race…

A judge has thrown out a lawsuit that accused Warren Beatty of coercing a teenage girl into sex in 1973.Kristina Hirsch filed a lawsuit against the actor in November 2022, alleging Beatty had coerced her into sex in 1973 when he was 35 and she was 14 and 15.The suit did not list Beatty, now 86, by name but clearly referenced him. The defendant was referred to as “a renowned and well-known actor and producer” who was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Clyde in 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde.The suit was filed under a…