NEW YORK >> New York’s highest court today overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, reversing a landmark ruling of the #MeToo era in determining the trial judge improperly allowed women to testify about allegations against the ex-movie mogul that weren’t part of the case.
A New York court of appeals has overturned the Harvey Weinstein rape conviction.
Police have reportedly arrested two Premier League players on suspicion of rape. The Sun report that the two unnamed players, who are from the same club, were arrested last weekend. One player, who
A 24-year-old woman in Tilburg said she was raped on the street in the city center during the overnight hours early on Saturday as people were out celebrating King's Night. The woman said she did not know the man who assaulted her, and area residents said they believe it was a suspicious person who had been pestering women earlier in the evening, according to Omroep Brabant.
Vandercook’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 9 at 10 a.m.
#MeToo’s real legacy may not be ending predators’ impunity so much as highlighting the tenacity of that impunityUsually, rape isn’t reported. When it is reported, it is often not charged. And when it is charged, it rarely leads to a conviction. These facts shape both our cultural understanding of sexual violence and women’s sense of their own embodied lives, clarifying something many of us already know – that while sexual violence is technically illegal and officially abhorred, it is also...
A man who was indicted this month by a Mahoning County grand jury on child rape charges was an employee of the Youngstown Police Department and resigned his position amid the investigation of the charges against him.
“This, today, is an act of institutional betrayal,” Ashley Judd said.
Harvey Weinstein's NYC rape conviction getting overturned has him so elated it's reduced him to tears as he sits in prison. Weinstein's rep Juda Engelmayer tells TMZ he chatted with his client twice today, and Harvey's over the moon about the news…
A New York appeals court overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction Thursday, ordering a new trial in a stunning reversal of a landmark #MeToo case. In a 4-3 decision, the appeals court found that Weinstein's trial judge allowed prosecutors to call women who said Weinstein had assaulted them to testify, even though their accusations did not specifically relate to the entertainment mogul's charges. Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being convicted in February 2020 of...
The Disciplinary Board for Healthcare in Den Bosch banned the 55-year-old general practitioner Sebastiaan van P. from Brunssum from ever working as a doctor again. The man had raped several patients, convincing them that his actions were medically necessary.
Police said two 19-year-old men were arrested after a report of a rape was made to them on 19 AprilTwo Premier League players were arrested at the weekend in relation to an allegation of rape.Police said the two 19-year-old men were arrested after a report of a rape was made to them on Friday 19 April. Continue reading