A New York woman is challenging Miss America, Miss World rules banning mothers from beauty pageants
A New York woman is challenging the longstanding rules of Miss America and Miss World that disqualify mothers from their beauty pageants.
Man charged in Gilgo Beach serial killings kept 'blueprint' of crimes on computer, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say the man charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island, New York, kept a document he used to โblueprintโ his crimes.
Harvey Weinstein due back in court, while a key witness weighs whether to testify at a retrial
Harvey Weinstein will appear in a New York City court next week, the first step in potentially retrying the film mogul after his 2020 rape conviction was overturned.
Director Roman Polanski is sued over more allegations of sexual assault of a minor
A woman has sued director Roman Polanski in a Los Angeles court, saying the director raped her when she was a minor in 1973.
Grand jury indicts Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer on movie set in New Mexico
A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on an involuntary manslaughter charge Friday in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the actor.
Harvey Weinstein gets 16 more years for rape, sexual assault
A Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison after a jury convicted him of the 2013 rape and sexual assault of an Italian actor and model.
DA to review cases involving LA cop accused of CBS tip off
Los Angeles County prosecutors will try to decide whether criminal cases were tainted by a former LAPD captain who allegedly leaked a confidential sexual assault report to an accused Hollywood mogul.
Bill Cosby lawyers cry foul as civil sex assault trial looms
With less than a week to go before a civil trial, Bill Cosby's lawyers are crying foul over a change in the story of a woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion.
Abortion rights backers rally in anger over post-Roe future
Abortion rights supporters are demonstrating at hundreds of marches and rallies where they're expressing their outrage that the Supreme Court appears prepared to scrap the constitutional right to abortion that has endured for nearly a half-century.
Lawsuit: Baldwin had no reason to fire in 'Rust' shooting
A new lawsuit alleges that Alec Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it wasnโt called for in the script when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the film โRust.โ.
LA police: Armie Hammer under sexual assault investigation
FILE - Armie Hammer attends the 13th Annual Go Gala on Nov. 16, 2019, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles police said Thursday, March 18, 2021, that they are investigating actor Armie Hammer for sexual assault. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES โ Actor Armie Hammer is under investigation for sexual assault, Los Angeles police said Thursday. Hammer is the main suspect in a sexual assault that was reported to police on Feb. 3, LAPD spokesman Officer Drake Madison said. The Associated Press does not generally identify alleged victims of sexual assault.
Lifetime returns to R. Kelly with a new powerful series
A year later, Lifetime is readying a follow-up series, โ Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning, โ with one major difference: this time, R. Kelly will be behind bars when it airs. โSurviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoningโ will premiere Thursday on Lifetime. That groundbreaking hip-hop group toured with R. Kelly and Maynes was initially approached by the documentary makers about what he witnessed on the road. In an interview with The Associated Press, he connected R. Kelly to other self-destructive superstars like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Prince. Bryant said the indictments against R. Kelly were never the goal of the series.
Weinstein: Sex assault charges have made me 'forgotten man'
โI feel like the forgotten man,โโ Weinstein said in an interview published Sunday in the New York Post. โI made more movies directed by women and about women than any filmmaker, and Iโm talking about 30 years ago. The deal wouldn't require Weinstein to pay anything out of his own pocket, nor would he have to admit wrongdoing. He faces a Jan. 6 trial on rape and sexual assault charges in state court, where he has pleaded not guilty. โHarvey Weinstein is trying to gaslight society again," more than 20 accusers said in a statement issued Sunday.