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Milla Jovovich & 100 more beg Victoria's Secret to tackle sexual abuse

Former Victoria's Secret angel and supermodel Doutzen Kroes was among those leading demands to address alleged sexual harassment.

USA

Sex assault case against Kevin Spacey dropped

Cape & Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe cited "unavailability of the complaining witness" in filing for dismissal.

France

France fines 447 under new 'sexist outrage' street harassment law

The "sexist outrages" law was passed in late September just weeks after a video of a man hitting a woman outside a Paris cafe shocked people around the world.

USA

Judge refuses to dismiss $10M rape lawsuit against Russell Simmons

The music mogul did not supply enough evidence to support his claim that the statute of limitations had run out, the judge said.

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USA

JetBlue crew members claim they were drugged, one raped by pilots

The suit alleges the pilots gave the female crew members beer laced with a drug and that one of them was raped during a layover in Puerto Rico.

France

Barbarin resigns after receiving suspended prison sentence

A French court convicted him on Thursday of failing to report allegations of sexual abuse of boy scouts in his diocese in the 1980s and early 1990s, by a priest who is due to go on trial later this year.

France

Pope's envoy to France under investigation for sexual assault

Luigi Ventura, 74, allegedly "caressed in an insistent and repeated manner" a city hall staffer's buttocks during a January 17 ceremony in Paris.

USA

Kevin Spacey’s lawyers enter not guilty plea in sex assault case

Lawyers for Kevin Spacey entered a not guilty plea on his behalf in Massachusetts court Monday on charges he groped an 18-year-old busboy in 2016.

India

India: woman set on fire after 'police fail to respond to attack compl

A woman in India was set on fire by the same men who tried to molest her just days earlier, authorities say.

Morocco

#Masaktach, how the Moroccan #MeToo began

Moroccan women condemn "the culture of rape and impunity".

World News

New York judge dismisses major charge in Weinstein criminal case

New York Judge Jame Burke has dismissed a major charge in the criminal case against Harvey Weinstein, regarding accusations made by Lucia Evans. Evans was a 21-year-old college student in 2004 when she claims Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex when the met alone in his office

USA

Kavanaugh is sworn in as Supreme Court Judge

Trump apologies for "pain endured" by Brett Kavanaugh as he is sworn-in at the White House

Italy

Asia Argento admits to sexual encounter with underage co-star

The Italian actress recalled her experience during an Italian TV show on Sunday, after having previously denied the two had any sexual relationship, saying she "froze" during the encounter.

World News

Trump support for judge wobbles

U.S. President Donald Trump's support for Supreme Court nominee wavers as a third accuser comes forward

World News

Man jailed for slap on bottom

A man has been jailed and fines after slapping a woman's bottom on a bus in Paris and making lewd remarks

World

Second Kavanaugh accuser comes forward

US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick is now in twice the amount of trouble- a second accuser has come forward with sexual assault allegations from Brett Kavanaugh's freshman year at Yale. This comes just before Thursday's Senate Committee hearing where Christine Blasey Ford will testify.

World News

Judge accuser given more to decide

A university professor who accuses U.S. Supreme Court nominee of sexual misconduct is given more time to decide if she will testify against him at a judicial hearing

World News

Six more women accuse CBS chief of sexual misconduct

Leslie Moonves has resigned as CEO of U.S. media giant CBS over sexual misconduct accusations from six more women

USA

Leading #MeToo member denies sexual assault

Italian actress and leading #MeToo voice denies sexual assault as Harvey Weinstein accuses her of stunning hypocrisy

World News

Asia Argento denies "all sexual relations" with accuser

The #MeToo activist Asia Argento denied having "any sexual relations" with actor Jimmy Bennett when he was 17. The actress allegedly paid him off last year, according to legal documents obtained by the New York Times.