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French Actor Gerard Depardieu Found Guilty In Sexual Assault Case
A court in Paris on Tuesday found French actor Gerard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021 and handed him an 18-month suspended prison sentence.
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Harvey Weinstein Made Sex Attack Victims 'Feel Small,' Jury Told
Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault retrial described how he ignored his victims' pleas to stop and abused his position to make them "feel small."
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Sexual Violence In French Entertainment Sector Is 'Endemic', Inquiry Finds
French MPs have criticised "endemic" abuse in the entertainment sector after a months-long inquiry into sexual violence that saw stars and other actors reveal instances of bullying and assault.
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#MeToo Movement A 'Reign Of Terror': French Actor In Sex Abuse Trial
French star actor Gerard Depardieu, on trial for sexual assault, told the Paris court on Tuesday that he was not in the habit of "groping" women, and called the #MeToo movement a "reign of terror."
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Gisele Pelicot To Publish Memoir "A Hymn To Life" In 2026
Gisele Pelicot, a feminist icon for her outspoken stance during her ex-husband's trial for letting strangers rape her while drugged, will release her memoir next year.
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French Surgeon, Who Sexually Abused 299 Patients, Also Raped Son's Friends
Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, has been on trial in the western city of Vannes since last week in one of the country's largest child sex abuse cases.
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"Ready To Admit": French Surgeon On Trial For Sexually Abusing Almost 300 Patients
A former French surgeon on trial on charges of sexually abusing almost 300 patients, mostly children, said on Monday he was "done with lying" and "ready to admit" to some rapes.
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French Surgeon On Trial For Abusing Almost 300 Patients
A former surgeon is to go on trial in France on Monday charged with raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 former patients, most of them children.
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'Shut Up': Actor Storms Out Of France Child Abuse Trial
A French prosecutor demanded two years of house arrest for a filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting an actor when she was a child.
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Sexual Assault Accuser Confronts Trump In New York Trial
The woman who Donald Trump was found liable of sexually assaulting faced off with the former president Wednesday in a New York courtroom to say he subsequently ruined her reputation.
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Kevin Spacey Sexual Assault Trial: Actor Says He Touched Victim In "Romantic" Ways
"I was crushed. I never thought that (name of man) I knew over 20 years later would stab me in the back," Mr Spacey told the court.
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"Sexual Bully": Lawyer To UK Court In Actor Kevin Spacey's Assault Trial
Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey was on Friday described as a "sexual bully", as prosecutors opened their case against him in London for a string of sexual offence charges.
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Donald Trump Found Liable For Sexual Abuse In Civil Trial: Report
A New York jury ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump was liable for the sexual abuse of an American former magazine columnist in the mid-1990s, multiple US media reported.
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Over 47,000 Child Abuse Cases Filed In 2020: Government
More than 47,000 cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act were registered in 2020, while 1,70,271 such cases were pending trial by the end of the year, the Women and Child Development Ministry said.
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New Charge In Child Abuse Cases Can Be Added During Trial: Court
The High Court of Karnataka has held that a new charge under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act can be added to a criminal trial by the order of a Sessions Court judge.
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French Actor Gerard Depardieu Found Guilty In Sexual Assault Case
A court in Paris on Tuesday found French actor Gerard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021 and handed him an 18-month suspended prison sentence.
-
Harvey Weinstein Made Sex Attack Victims 'Feel Small,' Jury Told
Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault retrial described how he ignored his victims' pleas to stop and abused his position to make them "feel small."
-
Sexual Violence In French Entertainment Sector Is 'Endemic', Inquiry Finds
French MPs have criticised "endemic" abuse in the entertainment sector after a months-long inquiry into sexual violence that saw stars and other actors reveal instances of bullying and assault.
-
#MeToo Movement A 'Reign Of Terror': French Actor In Sex Abuse Trial
French star actor Gerard Depardieu, on trial for sexual assault, told the Paris court on Tuesday that he was not in the habit of "groping" women, and called the #MeToo movement a "reign of terror."
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Gisele Pelicot To Publish Memoir "A Hymn To Life" In 2026
Gisele Pelicot, a feminist icon for her outspoken stance during her ex-husband's trial for letting strangers rape her while drugged, will release her memoir next year.
-
French Surgeon, Who Sexually Abused 299 Patients, Also Raped Son's Friends
Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, has been on trial in the western city of Vannes since last week in one of the country's largest child sex abuse cases.
-
"Ready To Admit": French Surgeon On Trial For Sexually Abusing Almost 300 Patients
A former French surgeon on trial on charges of sexually abusing almost 300 patients, mostly children, said on Monday he was "done with lying" and "ready to admit" to some rapes.
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French Surgeon On Trial For Abusing Almost 300 Patients
A former surgeon is to go on trial in France on Monday charged with raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 former patients, most of them children.
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'Shut Up': Actor Storms Out Of France Child Abuse Trial
A French prosecutor demanded two years of house arrest for a filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting an actor when she was a child.
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Sexual Assault Accuser Confronts Trump In New York Trial
The woman who Donald Trump was found liable of sexually assaulting faced off with the former president Wednesday in a New York courtroom to say he subsequently ruined her reputation.
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Kevin Spacey Sexual Assault Trial: Actor Says He Touched Victim In "Romantic" Ways
"I was crushed. I never thought that (name of man) I knew over 20 years later would stab me in the back," Mr Spacey told the court.
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"Sexual Bully": Lawyer To UK Court In Actor Kevin Spacey's Assault Trial
Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey was on Friday described as a "sexual bully", as prosecutors opened their case against him in London for a string of sexual offence charges.
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Donald Trump Found Liable For Sexual Abuse In Civil Trial: Report
A New York jury ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump was liable for the sexual abuse of an American former magazine columnist in the mid-1990s, multiple US media reported.
-
Over 47,000 Child Abuse Cases Filed In 2020: Government
More than 47,000 cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act were registered in 2020, while 1,70,271 such cases were pending trial by the end of the year, the Women and Child Development Ministry said.
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New Charge In Child Abuse Cases Can Be Added During Trial: Court
The High Court of Karnataka has held that a new charge under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act can be added to a criminal trial by the order of a Sessions Court judge.
