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Prosecutors urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction.
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Read More »Cosby prosecutors urge Supreme Court to restore sexual assault conviction
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigning over sexual harassment
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday he would resign over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace.
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Read More »For top #MeToo legal duo, a pandemic year brings no pause
The COVID pandemic did not slow down the work of civil rights attorneys Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, who specialize in sexual harassment cases in the #MeToo era.
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Read More »Actress on the stand: Weinstein held me down, raped me
NEW YORK — “Sopranos” actress Annabella Sciorra confronted Harvey Weinstein from the witness stand Thursday, testifying that the former Hollywood studio boss overpowered and raped her and made other crude overtures that included sending her X-rated chocolates and showing up ...
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Read More »Harvey Weinstein indicted on new sex crimes charges in LA
LOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on new sex crime charges in Los Angeles, just as his trial on separate rape and sexual assault charges in New York was poised to get underway, prosecutors announced Monday. The Hollywood ...
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Read More »Bill Cosby sex assault verdict is upheld
Bill Cosby lost his bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction Tuesday, as an appeals court upheld the verdict in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. In its ruling, the Superior Court affirmed the right of prosecutors to ...
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Read More »DLA Piper harassment debacle deepens with email release
Just after Vanina Guerrero joined one of the world’s biggest law firms, she received a late-night email from the star partner who ran her new team at DLA Piper. “You are helping me reach people I couldn’t before,” Louis Lehot, ...
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Read More »Prosecutors defending Cosby conviction point to a ‘signature’ crime
Prosecutors set to defend Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction in appeals court next month call the accusations from other women no coincidence, but “the culmination of a decades-long pattern of behavior.” Cosby, a long-beloved actor and comedian, was convicted in ...
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Read More »Tips on selecting a jury for harassment cases in the #MeToo era
With the #MeToo movement continuing to dominate headlines, everyone is talking about sexual harassment — around the water cooler, around the family table and online. Media coverage of harassment is ubiquitous and #MeToo posts regularly go viral on social media. ...
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Read More »How it happened: Procedural vote on Kavanaugh was critical
WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell walked onto the Senate floor for the big vote to save Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination with a secret: He didn’t know how it would turn out. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. The Senate majority leader ...
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