The latest blow to disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s career came Saturday when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced it had removed him as a member. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the decision came as the result of an emergency meeting of the academy’s board of governors Saturday morning. In a statement …
By MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The chorus of Hollywood stars denouncing film producer Harvey Weinstein echoed across the Atlantic on Friday, even as his brother said the embattled production company that bears both their names insisted business was “continuing as usual.” Bob Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Co. issued a statement saying …
SEATTLE (AP) — A woman who said the rapper Nelly raped her on his tour bus in a Seattle suburb last weekend is dropping her pursuit of criminal charges. News outlets report that lawyer Karen Koehler said in a statement Friday that her client wanted to stop the investigation and would refuse to testify in …
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With an Instagram post Thursday, Kate Beckinsale became the latest actress to accuse influential Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment. As CrimeOnline previously reported, several women have come forward following an explosive investigation published last week by The New York Times. Beckinsale, known for leading roles in the Underworld film series and Van Helsing, …
Is Harvey Weinstein a serial rapist?
New Zealand model Zoë Brock has come forward to say that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein harassed and intimidated her when she was 23 years old. The Guardian reports that Brock has accused Weinstein of removing his clothes and asking for a massage during the Cannes Film Festival 20 years ago, after she joined him for an …
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Harvey Weinstein’s wife, Georgina Chapman, said Tuesday that she is leaving her husband—an announcement that comes mere hours after two women accused the embattled producer of rape. In a statement obtained by People, Chapman, 41, said she’s separating from Weinstein, 61, after 10 years of marriage. The couple has two children together, India Pearl, 7, and Dashiell Max …
By JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An avalanche of allegations poured out Tuesday against Harvey Weinstein in on-the-record reports that detailed claims of sexual abuse and included testimonies from Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, further intensifying the already explosive collapse of the disgraced movie mogul. Three women accused Weinstein of raping them …
President Donald Trump’s first wife, Ivana Trump, speaks out in her new book, “Raising Trump,” against child molestation allegations which plagued late pop star icon Michael Jackson for most of his life and into death, according to People. Ivana Trump said in her book she, “never believed the accusations that he (Jackson) molested those kids.” …
Roman Polanski still remains exiled in France 40 years after he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in Jack Nicholson’s Hollywood home, although the victim now wants the just to end the case and let the “Chinatown” director return to the United States without the threat of jail. The case is now complicated by yet another …
