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Kevin Spacey set to face civil sex assault claims in court in 2026

Actor Kevin Spacey is set to face civil trials at the High Court in London next October, over separate lawsuits filed by three men who have accused him of sexual assault.

27/11/2025

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Gérard Depardieu faces trial over rape and sexual assault allegations

French actor Gérard Depardieu has been ordered to stand trial over allegations of rape and sexual assault in 2018. He was convicted in May of sexually assaulting two members of a film production crew four years ago.

02/09/2025

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Harvey Weinstein's next retrial could happen this fall

Prosecutors and Weinstein's lawyers vowed Wednesday that they were willing to square off at yet another trial. It would be his third in New York and fourth overall.

14/08/2025

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Harvey Weinstein faces retrial for sex crimes as case ends in disarray

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces yet another trial on sex crime allegations after the judge declared a mistrial on a remaining rape charge.

13/06/2025

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NY jury convicts Harvey Weinstein of top charge in sex crimes retrial

The Oscar-winning producer maintains that he never sexually assaulted or raped anyone. His lawyers portrayed his accusers as opportunists who accepted his advances because they wanted help with their careers in Hollywood.

11/06/2025

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Landmark French #MeToo trial for gaming giant Ubisoft comes to an end

The prosecutor called for suspended prison sentences of up to three years and fines for all three former top Ubisoft executives, describing the accusations as “extremely serious”. The verdict is expected on 2 July.

06/06/2025

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Sexual harassment trial opens in France for former Ubisoft bosses

Serge Hascoët, Thomas François and Guillaume Patrux appeared before the Bobigny criminal court in France on charges of psychological abuse, sexual harassment and attempted sexual assault. The trial is seen as a landmark #MeToo moment in the male-dominated video game publishing industry.

02/06/2025

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Fact check: Is Kevin Spacey really being honoured at Cannes?

Kevin Spacey is about to touch down on the Croisette to receive a lifetime achievement award on Tuesday. But before you cry out that Cannes Film Festival has lost its marbles, bear in mind that this is more of a Cannes-concurrent promotional stunt than anything else. Here's what you need to know.

19/05/2025

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Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexual assault on a 2021 film set

The case is widely seen as a key post- #MeToo test of how French society and its film industry address allegations of sexual misconduct.

13/05/2025

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Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial opens

Weinstein's retrial is playing out at a different cultural moment than the first, which happened during the height of the #MeToo movement.

23/04/2025

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Netflix documentary revives domestic violence conversation in France

The three-part Netflix documentary looks back on the murder of actress Marie Trintignant by rockstar Bertrand Cantat. The series also sheds a new light on the death of Cantat’s wife Krisztina Rády.

16/04/2025

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Jury selection to begin in Harvey Weinstein's retrial

Seven years after allegations against him first emerged, Harvey Weinstein is back in court. But even if the retrial ends in not guilty verdicts, the disgraced movie mogul will remain behind bars at Rikers Island.

15/04/2025

Cinema

Everything you should know about this year's Cannes Film Festival

Euronews Culture discusses the recent Cannes lineup and what to expect from this year's festival amid a bombshell report on sexual abuse within the film industry.

11/04/2025

Culture news

James Toback ordered to pay $1.68 billion in civil sexual abuse case

Oscar-nominated writer and director James Toback has been ordered to pay €1.5 billion to victims of sexual abuse and misconduct spanning more than three decades. The case, brought under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, is one of the largest civil verdicts in state history.

10/04/2025

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Director Paul Schrader accused of sexually assaulting his assistant

The writer and director behind 'Taxi Driver' and 'American Gigolo' has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant.

07/04/2025

Cinema

Comeback kid: Can Will Smith rehabilitate his image after the slap?

Stars Will Smith and Jonathan Majors are both back in public touring new material just a few years after both were embroiled in assaults. Will they be able to reclaim their friendly public images?

27/03/2025