Prosecutor: Women’s stories show Weinstein’s predatory power

October 24, 2022 Comments Off on Prosecutor: Women’s stories show Weinstein’s predatory power

A prosecutor told jurors that the stories of the women who will testify that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted them tell uncannily similar stories.

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In a #MeToo moment, Hollywood figures face season of trials

October 19, 2022 Comments Off on In a #MeToo moment, Hollywood figures face season of trials

Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break on Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits the Oscar-winning moviemaker against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

The #MeToo movement is having another moment in the spotlight as high-profile sexual assault trials play out in courtrooms from coast to coast.

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Congress approves sexual harassment bill in #MeToo milestone

February 10, 2022 Comments Off on Congress approves sexual harassment bill in #MeToo milestone

Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson, center, celebrates with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., after Congress gave final approval to legislation guaranteeing that people who experience sexual harassment at work can seek recourse in the courts, during a news conference at the Capitol on Feb. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress approved legislation guaranteeing that people who experience sexual harassment at work can seek recourse in the courts, a milestone for the #MeToo movement.

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Cosby prosecutors urge Supreme Court to restore sexual assault conviction

November 30, 2021 Comments Off on Cosby prosecutors urge Supreme Court to restore sexual assault conviction

Prosecutors urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction.

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigning over sexual harassment

August 10, 2021 Comments Off on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigning over sexual harassment

FILE - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at New York's Yankee Stadium, Monday, July 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday he would resign over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace.

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For top #MeToo legal duo, a pandemic year brings no pause

July 12, 2021 Comments Off on For top #MeToo legal duo, a pandemic year brings no pause

Civil rights attorneys Debra Katz, left, and Lisa Banks, pose on May 21, 2021, for a portrait at their law firm in Washington. For many people, the pandemic year has brought a pause of some kind, or at least a slowdown, to their professional endeavors. For Katz and Banks, the opposite has been true. “This is probably the biggest year we’ve ever had,” says Banks. Their work has been increasing for nearly four years. When the Harvey Weinstein revelations erupted in October 2017, launching the reckoning that became known as the #MeToo movement, it caused “a sea change," Katz says. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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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Actress on the stand: Weinstein held me down, raped me

January 23, 2020 Comments Off on 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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Harvey Weinstein indicted on new sex crimes charges in LA

January 6, 2020 Comments Off on 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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Bill Cosby sex assault verdict is upheld

December 10, 2019 Comments Off on 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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DLA Piper harassment debacle deepens with email release

October 21, 2019 Comments Off on 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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