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Wells Fargo didn't act after an LA executive was raped by her boss, lawsuit alleges

Content warning: This story includes descriptions of sexual assault.

Los Angeles Times

Lawsuit Accuses Wells Fargo of Failing to Protect Female SVP from Sexual Harassment

"Wells Fargo is not some mom-and-pop," the West Coast Trial Lawyers attorney representing the case told TheStreet.

The Street

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Bogus arrests, bogus charges, and bogus seizures.

Reason

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Jury rejects sex worker's claims against 4 police officers

A jury has rejected a sex worker’s allegations that a former police chief in Virginia and three other officers protected a prostitution ring that she said trafficked her

The Independent UK

No Pseudonymity in #TheyLied Libel Case Alleging False Claims of Sexual Assault at College

From Doe v. Doe, decided Jan. 5 by Judge James Dever III (E.D.N.C.): Essentially, plaintiff's complaint concerns defendant's alleged "false claims" of sexual assault made to Tulane University … and unidentified third parties in order to "defame, humiliate, harass, and punish Plaintiff John Doe." Plaintiff also identifies another student, using…

Reason

Woman accusing 4 ex-cops of aiding sex trafficking testifies

A federal jury has heard testimony from a woman whose civil lawsuit accuses a former police chief in Virginia and three other officers of protecting a sex-trafficking ring they had used as clients

The Independent UK

Jury hears case alleging 4 cops enabled prostitution ring

A woman who says she was lured from Costa Rica into a Virginia-based sex-trafficking ring says that a former police chief and three other officers were clients of the enterprise and allowed it to operate

The Independent UK

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As deadline looms, California's institutions face thousands of childhood sexual abuse claims

LOS ANGELES — The lawsuits are stacking up in courthouses across the state, sometimes dozens per day, identifiable by their unusual names: Jane Doe vs. Doe Archdiocese. M.L., an individual, vs. Doe 1, a California organization. John Doe #1 vs. Roe 2, a California entity.

Los Angeles Times

#MeToo will outlast Harvey Weinstein. But his second conviction at a rape trial comes at a pivotal time for the movement

While former movie producer Harvey Weinstein's court case isn't a barometer for #MeToo as a whole, it does offer some insights into the experiences of victims in the justice system, and it comes at a pivotal time for the movement.

ABC News

1 woman's story of rape convinced all Weinstein trial jurors

Only one accuser at the Los Angeles trial of Harvey Weinstein convinced jurors unanimously that she had been raped and sexually assaulted

The Independent UK

Melinda Henneberger: If Gov. Newsom’s wife couldn’t convince Weinstein jury, what happens to ‘ordinary’ women?

Are ya laughing now, Harvey? Accused mass rapist Harvey Weinstein let out a big ol’ belly laugh during his defense attorney’s closing argument at his rape trial in Los Angeles earlier this month, apparently because watching one of the plaintiffs be ridiculed was just too delightful to pretend otherwise.

Tribune News Service

Harvey Weinstein convicted of rape in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles jury on Monday found Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape, delivering a verdict that further condemns the disgraced movie titan whose treatment of women helped spur the #MeToo movement.

Los Angeles Times

‘Where he belongs’: With life in prison likely for Weinstein, accusers react

LOS ANGELES — More than two weeks after jury deliberations began in Los Angeles, the verdict is in for disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. And so are the reactions.

Los Angeles Times

Harvey Weinstein found guilty on 3 of 7 charges in Los Angeles

Weinstein's legal trouble is far from over. In London, he faces criminal charges of indecent assault of a woman in 1996.

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France 24

Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape in Los Angeles sexual assault trial

Harvey Weinstein was found guilty Monday of rape at a Los Angeles trial in another #MeToo moment of reckoning, five years after he became a magnet for the movement.

Reason

Can #TheyLied Lawsuits, Alleging Defamatory Allegations of Sexual Assault, Be Litigated as Doe v. Doe?

That's the question raised by Doe v. Doe, just filed today; you can see the Complaint and the motion to proceed pseudonymously. Here, John Doe accuses Jane Doe (together with Sue Roe, who isn't included as a defendant) of falsely accusing him of sexual assault, and causing John to be…

The Independent UK

The women at the center of Harvey Weinstein's LA rape trial

Prosecutors called 44 witnesses to make their case against Harvey Weinstein, but a jury’s decision at his Los Angeles trial will hinge largely on the testimony of the four women he is charged with raping or sexually assaulting

Los Angeles Times

Weinstein trial ends with final jabs at 'a predator' and his accusers

LOS ANGELES — In summing up the case against Harvey Weinstein for jurors this week, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Marlene Martinez didn't hold back.

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Los Angeles Times

Harvey Weinstein will not testify in LA trial; defense begins presenting its case

LOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein will not testify in his own defense at his Los Angeles rape trial, and his attorneys are expected to wrap their case Wednesday, meaning the disgraced mogul's fate could be in the hands of jurors by the end of the week.

The Independent UK

Alleged Herschel Walker tapes shared by woman who claims he paid for her abortion: “Your stud farm calling”

The press conference comes ahead of early voting in Georgia.

The Guardian - US

Herschel Walker accuser comes forward with fresh relationship claims

Woman who says she was pressured into having abortion by Republican Senate hopeful presents unseen letters, audio and diary entries

The Independent UK

Hershel Walker’s ex to hold press conference with recordings after abortion claims rocked Senate race

Comes ahead of the 6 December runoff.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court turns away school's appeal of sex-assault case

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a Virginia school board that says it shouldn’t be held liable for the alleged sexual assault of a student by a classmate on a band trip

The Independent UK

Prosecution rests case at Harvey Weinstein sex assault trial

Prosecutors in Los Angeles have rested their case in the trial of Harvey Weinstein

Reason

Beauty Pageants, National Security, and Pseudonymity

Jane Doe works for the Defense Intelligence Agency; when she was an intern at the DIA, she competed in the Miss United Nations pageant, but as Miss China; according to the Complaint in Doe v. Austin, Uncertainty about her employment … led her to be a late entrant. By the…

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