Weinstein’s many accusers follow trial anxiously from afar

Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial has unfolded this month in a 15th-floor courtroom in New York, but its reverberations are being felt far beyond, as his many accusers anxiously await the outcome. They wonder how the disgraced mogul’s wealth and power might affect the verdict. They wince at the way fellow accusers have been treated... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 10, 2020

Weinstein rape trial winds down with more defense witneses

NEW YORK (AP) — Lauren Marie Young says that after Harvey Weinstein groped her in a Beverly Hills hotel room bathroom in 2013, there was another woman there who did nothing to stop it. Taking the witness stand at Weinstein’s New York City rape trial last week, Young testified that a Mexican model named Claudia... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 10, 2020

Second sexual assault trial begins for ex-college athlete

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection is set in the second trial of a former University of Delaware baseball player accused of sexually assaulting six women. The process of choosing a jury for Clay Conaway’s trial was to begin Monday in Wilmington. The trial had originally been scheduled to be held in southern Delaware but... Read More

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Clay Conaway

February 7, 2020

Prosecutors to drop rape charges for doctor from reality TV

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors are planning to drop rape and kidnapping charges against a California doctor who appeared in a reality TV dating show and his girlfriend after saying that key video evidence didn’t actually exist. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer will ask a judge in Newport Beach, California, on Friday to... Read More

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Grant Robicheaux

February 7, 2020

Dun-dun: Defense witness wrote ‘SVU’ episode about Weinstein

NEW YORK (AP) — Their defense off to a rocky start, Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers look to rebound Friday by bringing in a film director in hopes of dashing the credibility of a rape accuser who acknowledged abusing prescription drugs during a movie shoot before the alleged assault. Warren Leight wrote and directed “The Night We... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 7, 2020

Weinstein trial: Prosecution rests on 6 women’s accounts

NEW YORK (AP) — Some were aspiring actresses. One was a star on the rise. Another was looking to get more involved in behind-the-scenes aspects of the film and TV business. Six women out of the many who have accused Harvey Weinstein of vile sexual behavior have testified over the last two weeks at his... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 6, 2020

Man convicted of rape released on medical parole

BOSTON (AP) — A convicted rapist from Massachusetts whose decades-long claims of innocence drew the backing of some high-profile supporters was released on medical parole Wednesday, a prisons official confirmed. Benjamin LaGuer, sentenced to life in prison in 1984 after being convicted of raping his 59-year-old neighbor in Leominster the previous year, was released from... Read More

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Benjamin LaGuer

February 6, 2020

Ex-California prosecutor convicted of possessing child porn

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Raymond Liddy, a former California state prosecutor and son of Watergate break-in organizer Gordon Liddy, was convicted Wednesday of possessing child pornography. Liddy was convicted after a non-jury trial in San Diego federal court and could face up to 10 years in federal prison when he is sentenced on May 1,... Read More

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Raymond Liddy

February 6, 2020

Prosecutors nearing finish as last Weinstein accuser returns

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial are on schedule to rest their case Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony, including graphic accounts from six among scores of women who’ve accused him of vile behavior. The last of the accusers to testify, model Lauren Marie Young, is slated to return... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 5, 2020

US judge: Claim against Ronaldo belongs in arbitration

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A legal fight by soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo against a Nevada woman who wants more than the $375,000 she received in a rape case hush-money settlement in 2010 should be decided by an arbitrator, not in a courtroom, a U.S. magistrate judge said Tuesday. Kathryn Mayorga, a former teacher and model... Read More

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Cristiano Ronaldo

February 5, 2020

Rape case to be dropped against doctor who was on reality TV

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors are dropping charges that a doctor who appeared on a reality TV show and his girlfriend raped and drugged women in California after finding key video evidence never actually existed, an official said Tuesday. Orthopedic surgeon Grant Robicheaux of Newport Beach — who previously appeared on a Bravo TV... Read More

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Grant Robicheaux

February 5, 2020

Accuser in LA case to testify at Weinstein’s NY rape trial

NEW YORK (AP) — One last accuser is expected to take the witness stand at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial on Wednesday as prosecutors wind down the New York City case by highlighting an alleged assault that’s part of the disgraced movie mogul’s pending criminal charges in California. Model and actress Lauren Marie Young alleges Weinstein... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 4, 2020

Key Weinstein accuser, driven to tears, is due back on stand

NEW YORK (AP) — A key accuser in the New York City rape trial of Harvey Weinstein is due back on the witness stand for a third day of testimony after she broke down in tears Monday, halting an exhaustive cross-examination that focused on the nature of her relationship with the once-powerful movie mogul. The... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 3, 2020

Key witness could be in doubt in landmark church retrial

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An aging monsignor who was the first U.S. church official ever tried and sent to prison over his handling of priest-abuse complaints could soon be retried in the 2011 case with one thing missing — the victim. The only accuser whose complaint fell within the statute of limitations is a young man... Read More

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Catholic Church, William Lynn

Weinstein’s many accusers follow trial anxiously from afar

Weinstein rape trial winds down with more defense witneses

Second sexual assault trial begins for ex-college athlete

Prosecutors to drop rape charges for doctor from reality TV

Dun-dun: Defense witness wrote ‘SVU’ episode about Weinstein

Weinstein trial: Prosecution rests on 6 women’s accounts

Man convicted of rape released on medical parole

Ex-California prosecutor convicted of possessing child porn

Prosecutors nearing finish as last Weinstein accuser returns

US judge: Claim against Ronaldo belongs in arbitration

Rape case to be dropped against doctor who was on reality TV

Accuser in LA case to testify at Weinstein’s NY rape trial

Key Weinstein accuser, driven to tears, is due back on stand

Key witness could be in doubt in landmark church retrial

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