Metoo

Greek Ex-National Theatre Chief Arrested Over Rape Allegations: Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday February 21, 2021

The former artistic director of Greece's national theatre was arrested on Saturday over allegations of rape against minors, amid a belated #MeToo awakening.

Delhi Court To Give Verdict For MJ Akbar's Defamation Case Against Priya Ramani On February 17

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 10, 2021

A Delhi Court today deferred for February 17 its verdict in MJ Akbar's criminal defamation complaint against journalist Priya Ramani for her allegations of sexual harassment against him.

Delhi Court Verdict In MJ Akbar's Defamation Case Against Priya Ramani On February 10

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday February 1, 2021

A Delhi Court today reserved the verdict in former Union minister MJ Akbar's criminal defamation complaint against journalist Priya Ramani for her allegations of sexual harassment against him for February 10.

Priya Ramani's Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct False: MJ Akbar To Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 23, 2021

Former union minister MJ Akbar on Saturday reiterated before a Delhi court that the allegations of sexual misconduct made by journalist Priya Ramani against him were "fabricated and false".

Priya Ramani Had No Proof To Accuse Me Of Sexual Harassment: MJ Akbar To Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 14, 2021

Former Union minister MJ Akbar told a Delhi court on Thursday that journalist Priya Ramani had "no right" to accuse him of sexual misconduct that allegedly took place decades ago as she could not prove it.

#MeToo Case: MJ Akbar Tells Court There Was No Meeting With Priya Ramani In Hotel

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 24, 2020

Former Union Minister MJ Akbar on Thursday said before a Delhi court that there was no meeting between him and journalist Priya Ramani in the hotel where she alleges that he sexually misbehaved with her.

MJ Akbar "Deliberately" Misread Article, Priya Ramani's Lawyer Tells Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 10, 2020

Journalist Priya Ramani has told a Delhi court hearing a criminal defamation complaint filed by former union minister MJ Akbar against her that there has been "deliberate" and "mischievous" misreading of her article in which she wrote about the alleged sexual harassment incident.

MJ Akbar Didn't Have "Sterling Reputation", Priya Ramani Tells Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 5, 2020

Journalist Priya Ramani today told a Delhi court hearing a criminal defamation complaint filed by former union minister MJ Akbar against her that he did not have a "sterling reputation" as claimed by him.

"Pleaded Truth As My Defense": Priya Ramani On Defamation Case By MJ Akbar

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 2, 2020

Journalist Priya Ramani told a Delhi court today that she "pleaded truth" as her defence in a criminal defamation complaint filed against her by former Union minister MJ Akbar.

Judge Hearing MJ Akbar's Defamation Case Against Priya Ramani Seeks Transfer Of Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 13, 2020

After hearing for two years, a court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tuesday asked the District Judge to transfer the criminal defamation complaint of former union minister MJ Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani to another judge on the ground that the court was designated to hear cases filed against lawmakers.

Actor "Hijacking MeToo": Anurag Kashyap, Accused Of Rape, Hits Out

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Friday October 2, 2020

A day after he was questioned by the Mumbai police in a rape case filed by an actor last month, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap today issued a statement denying any truth in the allegations levelled against him. Mr Kashyap, the statement said,has documentary proof to establish that the complaint against him was an "outright lie" and has soughtsevere actio...

Mumbai Police Issues Summons To Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap In Rape Case

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Wednesday September 30, 2020

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has been issued a summons by the Mumbai Police to appear in the Versova Police Station on Friday for investigation in a rape case filed last week. The Producer-Director has called the rape allegations "baseless" and issued a statement through his lawyer Priyanka Khimani saying that he intends to take legal action in the mat...

"Targeted Selectively" Through Defamation Case: Priya Ramani Tells Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 14, 2020

Journalist Priya Ramani told a Delhi court on Monday that she was "targeted selectively" through a criminal defamation complaint by former Union minister MJ Akbar "to halt the avalanche of allegations of sexual misconduct" against him" following the #MeToo movement in 2018.

There Was "Gap In Law" 25 Years Ago: Priya Ramani On Not Disclosing Harassment By MJ Akbar

India News | Press Trust India | Tuesday September 8, 2020

Journalist Priya Ramani told a Delhi court on Tuesday that she disclosed the alleged sexual harassment by former Union minister MJ Akbar around 25-year later because back then there was "a vacuum in law and there was no platform either".

Disclosure Of Sexual Harassment Was For Public Good, Priya Ramani Tells Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 5, 2020

Journalist Priya Ramani told a Delhi court on Saturday that her remarks alleging sexual harassment by former Union minister MJ Akbar were "her truth" which she disclosed in "good faith" for the "public good" and, therefore, do not amount to defamation.