Manhattan prosecutors revealed in court Wednesday that they are evaluating new sexual misconduct claims against Harvey Weinstein as they prepare for his upcoming retrial on rape and sexual assault charges.
Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg told the judge that additional people have recently come forward with assault allegations against the disgraced movie mogul. Prosecutors are assessing which claims may fall within the statute of limitations.
“Some potential survivors that were not ready to step forward during Weinstein’s first New York trial may now be willing to testify,” Blumberg stated. When asked if a new indictment was possible, she responded, “Yes, your honor.”
Blumberg said the prosecution would update the court on the case’s direction by late June. The next hearing was scheduled for July 9, with Weinstein’s retrial tentatively set for after Labor Day.
Weinstein’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, remained confident outside the courthouse that no new accusers...
Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg told the judge that additional people have recently come forward with assault allegations against the disgraced movie mogul. Prosecutors are assessing which claims may fall within the statute of limitations.
“Some potential survivors that were not ready to step forward during Weinstein’s first New York trial may now be willing to testify,” Blumberg stated. When asked if a new indictment was possible, she responded, “Yes, your honor.”
Blumberg said the prosecution would update the court on the case’s direction by late June. The next hearing was scheduled for July 9, with Weinstein’s retrial tentatively set for after Labor Day.
Weinstein’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, remained confident outside the courthouse that no new accusers...
- 6/1/2024
- by Lauren Ramsey
- Uinterview
More accusers may come forward to testify in Harvey Weinstein’s New York retrial this fall, prosecutors said in court. On Wednesday, the former movie producer appeared in a Manhattan courtroom a month after the New York Court of Appeals overturned his 2020 rape conviction.
Nicole Blumberg, Manhattan’s Assistant District Attorney, told the judge that “some people who were not ready to speak out in 2020” may now do so for the new trial. An exact date for the retrial has yet to be announced, but it’s expected to be sometime after Labor Day.
Weinstein arrived in the courtroom in a wheelchair and sported a shaved head. He gave a thumbs up to his colleagues as two security officers wheeled him in.
Blumberg asked Judge Curtis Farber that Weinstein’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, refrain from making public statements about witnesses that may intimidate or discourage them from testifying. Prosecutors alleged...
Nicole Blumberg, Manhattan’s Assistant District Attorney, told the judge that “some people who were not ready to speak out in 2020” may now do so for the new trial. An exact date for the retrial has yet to be announced, but it’s expected to be sometime after Labor Day.
Weinstein arrived in the courtroom in a wheelchair and sported a shaved head. He gave a thumbs up to his colleagues as two security officers wheeled him in.
Blumberg asked Judge Curtis Farber that Weinstein’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, refrain from making public statements about witnesses that may intimidate or discourage them from testifying. Prosecutors alleged...
- 5/29/2024
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Prosecutors in the Harvey Weinstein case say they may issue a new indictment against the former mogul, as there may be more women who come out against him.
“Some people who were not ready to speak out in 2020 now appear ready to do so in 2024,” Assistant D.A. Nicole Blumberg said in New York criminal court Wednesday. A July 9 hearing was set for purposes of discovery and compliance.
Blumberg disclosed this as she mentioned a letter filed with Judge Curtis Farber asking the judge to direct Weinstein’s defense counsel to refrain from making public statements about witnesses, for fear of scaring off the additional women who may now bring claims. The attorney, Arthur Aidala, had held a press conference outside of the courtroom May 1, after the first hearing in the case, in which he called into question statements made by Miriam Haley, who brought claims against Weinstein in the first trial.
“Some people who were not ready to speak out in 2020 now appear ready to do so in 2024,” Assistant D.A. Nicole Blumberg said in New York criminal court Wednesday. A July 9 hearing was set for purposes of discovery and compliance.
Blumberg disclosed this as she mentioned a letter filed with Judge Curtis Farber asking the judge to direct Weinstein’s defense counsel to refrain from making public statements about witnesses, for fear of scaring off the additional women who may now bring claims. The attorney, Arthur Aidala, had held a press conference outside of the courtroom May 1, after the first hearing in the case, in which he called into question statements made by Miriam Haley, who brought claims against Weinstein in the first trial.
- 5/29/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hip-hop mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs might be in serious trouble with the law. On March 25, 2024, Homeland Security raided two of Combs’ properties. No charges have been filed yet, but footage showing Combs attacking his ex-girlfriend, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, was released in May 2024. Here’s what an attorney said about the probability of charges brought against Combs.
Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs will likely face ‘charges’ following the Homeland Security raid, an attorney says
Homeland Security raided two of Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ properties in March 2024, prompting fans of the hip-hop mogul to wonder what was going on. Officials stated that this was the start of an investigation into sex trafficking. As of May 2024, precisely what Homeland Security found during their raid is still unclear. However, famed attorney Gloria Allred said on Piers Morgan Uncensored that she believes Combs will face charges after the raid.
“However, we know there are federal investigators,...
Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs will likely face ‘charges’ following the Homeland Security raid, an attorney says
Homeland Security raided two of Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ properties in March 2024, prompting fans of the hip-hop mogul to wonder what was going on. Officials stated that this was the start of an investigation into sex trafficking. As of May 2024, precisely what Homeland Security found during their raid is still unclear. However, famed attorney Gloria Allred said on Piers Morgan Uncensored that she believes Combs will face charges after the raid.
“However, we know there are federal investigators,...
- 5/25/2024
- by Lauren Weiler
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Update: Stormy Daniels faced a contentious cross examination today over her claim that she had sex with Donald Trump in 2006 and that, five years later, a stranger threatened her in a Las Vegas parking lot to not talk about the sexual encounter publicly.
Susan Necheles, a lawyer for Trump, questioned Daniels’ motivations and tried to cast doubt on her story. She also highlighted the fact that Daniels owes more than $500,000 in legal fees from a failed defamation lawsuit against Trump.
Necheles argued that as far back as 2011, Daniels was alternately confirming or denying sex with Trump depending on whether she was being paid for her story.
A $130,000 payment to Daniels in 2016 from Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, is the centerpiece of the Manhattan District Attorney’s case against Trump, for allegedly falsifying business records to conceal a reimbursement of the money to Cohen. Daniels, a key prosecution witness, spent more...
Susan Necheles, a lawyer for Trump, questioned Daniels’ motivations and tried to cast doubt on her story. She also highlighted the fact that Daniels owes more than $500,000 in legal fees from a failed defamation lawsuit against Trump.
Necheles argued that as far back as 2011, Daniels was alternately confirming or denying sex with Trump depending on whether she was being paid for her story.
A $130,000 payment to Daniels in 2016 from Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, is the centerpiece of the Manhattan District Attorney’s case against Trump, for allegedly falsifying business records to conceal a reimbursement of the money to Cohen. Daniels, a key prosecution witness, spent more...
- 5/7/2024
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
Harvey Weinstein will be retried in New York on rape and sexual offence charges after his 23-year conviction was overturned on appeal, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday.
The disgraced 72-year old former Hollywood titan appeared in court in a wheelchair wearing a blue suit and according to reports did not speak in a brief hearing. Reports said Attorney Gloria Allred and Weinstein accuser Jessica Mann attended the hearing.
Prosecutors said there was nothing consensual about Weinstein’s conduct in reference to prior charges that led to the original conviction in February 2020, and told Judge Curtis Farber they would be proceeding.
The disgraced 72-year old former Hollywood titan appeared in court in a wheelchair wearing a blue suit and according to reports did not speak in a brief hearing. Reports said Attorney Gloria Allred and Weinstein accuser Jessica Mann attended the hearing.
Prosecutors said there was nothing consensual about Weinstein’s conduct in reference to prior charges that led to the original conviction in February 2020, and told Judge Curtis Farber they would be proceeding.
- 5/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Harvey Weinstein is looking at a new trial in New York after Labor Day.
The former Hollywood mogul appeared in court in New York Wednesday for the first time since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned. Judge Curtis Farber set a May 29 hearing for discovery and for prosecutors to file a certificate of compliance. If the certificate is filed by that date, the judge anticipated that a trial will begin sometime after Labor Day.
Weinstein was wheeled into the courtroom in a wheelchair, wearing a blue suit with an American flag pin, after having been hospitalized in the days leading up to the hearing. He waved to the first row of attorneys as he was wheeled in and shook their hands as he was wheeled out. He appeared with his attorney Arthur Aidala, in front of a full audience, including Jessica Mann, who testified in the first New York trial.
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The former Hollywood mogul appeared in court in New York Wednesday for the first time since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned. Judge Curtis Farber set a May 29 hearing for discovery and for prosecutors to file a certificate of compliance. If the certificate is filed by that date, the judge anticipated that a trial will begin sometime after Labor Day.
Weinstein was wheeled into the courtroom in a wheelchair, wearing a blue suit with an American flag pin, after having been hospitalized in the days leading up to the hearing. He waved to the first row of attorneys as he was wheeled in and shook their hands as he was wheeled out. He appeared with his attorney Arthur Aidala, in front of a full audience, including Jessica Mann, who testified in the first New York trial.
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- 5/1/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Harvey Weinstein appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday, less than a week after the New York Court of Appeals overturned his 2020 rape conviction. It’s the first time the former movie producer has been seen in public since he was convicted of rape in a Los Angeles court and sentenced to 16 years in prison in February 2023.
Weinstein was seated in a wheelchair and wheeled by a security guard into a courtroom packed with journalists, lawyers and other officials. Lawyer Gloria Allred and Weinstein accuser Jessica Mann were present in the room. Prosecutor Nicole Blumberg from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said they will seek a retrial in the fall.
“[Mann] wants everyone to know the truth, and the defendant may have power and privilege, but she has the truth,” Blumberg said, adding they “have every reason to believe” Weinstein will be convicted in a retrial.
Attorney Arthur Aidala represented Weinstein and...
Weinstein was seated in a wheelchair and wheeled by a security guard into a courtroom packed with journalists, lawyers and other officials. Lawyer Gloria Allred and Weinstein accuser Jessica Mann were present in the room. Prosecutor Nicole Blumberg from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said they will seek a retrial in the fall.
“[Mann] wants everyone to know the truth, and the defendant may have power and privilege, but she has the truth,” Blumberg said, adding they “have every reason to believe” Weinstein will be convicted in a retrial.
Attorney Arthur Aidala represented Weinstein and...
- 5/1/2024
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
“We believe in this case, and we will be retrying this case,” prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape case told a judge today in the first hearing since the much-accused producer’s 2020 conviction was overturned last week. “It was a strong case in 2020 …and it remains a strong case in 2024,” added Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg.
Weinstein was sitting in the courtroom as the officials from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced their intention to take the case back to a jury. The trial could begin as quickly as September, if room can be found on the court calendar.
“We are happy to hear that the prosecutors want a speedy trial,” Weinstein chief attorney Arthur Aidala told the court as he once again proclaimed his client’s innocence. “It’s a new trial, it’s a new day … his life is on the line.”
Charged and arrested...
Weinstein was sitting in the courtroom as the officials from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced their intention to take the case back to a jury. The trial could begin as quickly as September, if room can be found on the court calendar.
“We are happy to hear that the prosecutors want a speedy trial,” Weinstein chief attorney Arthur Aidala told the court as he once again proclaimed his client’s innocence. “It’s a new trial, it’s a new day … his life is on the line.”
Charged and arrested...
- 5/1/2024
- by Dominic Patten and Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
On April 25, the day that Harvey Weinstein’s New York sexual assault conviction was overturned, those who had been most vocal in the months following the former mogul’s implosion in 2017 were conspicuously silent. The X account of Time’s Up, the organization that raised $26 million in the wake of the Weinstein accusations, appeared to be a relic frozen in time. Its last post, from January 2022, was a retweet of a Movement for Black Lives missive about Martin Luther King Jr. Likewise, actresses who had embraced Time’s Up’s mission offered no commentary. Jessica Chastain was tweeting about her skin care routine, while Reese Witherspoon was gushing about a Tennessee Titans draft pick. It was as though Hollywood had already moved on from the industrywide reckoning that Weinstein’s downfall sparked.
By contrast, those with a personal stake in Weinstein’s fate — such as attorney Gloria Allred, who represented key...
By contrast, those with a personal stake in Weinstein’s fate — such as attorney Gloria Allred, who represented key...
- 5/1/2024
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
Miriam Haley, the key witness at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial in New York, said Friday that she is weighing whether to testify again, after an appeals court on Thursday overturned his guilty verdict.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has indicated that it will seek to retry the former producer, but a trial likely would not go forward without Haley’s participation.
At a press conference with her attorney, Gloria Allred, Haley said she does not want to go through the ordeal of another trial, but recognized there are broader issues at stake.
“This isn’t just about me,” she said. “It’s a really important case. It’s in the public eye. It is difficult for me personally, but it is important for the collective.”
The Court of Appeals overturned Weinstein’s verdict on a 4-3 vote, finding that the trial judge, James Burke, erred by allowing testimony from...
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has indicated that it will seek to retry the former producer, but a trial likely would not go forward without Haley’s participation.
At a press conference with her attorney, Gloria Allred, Haley said she does not want to go through the ordeal of another trial, but recognized there are broader issues at stake.
“This isn’t just about me,” she said. “It’s a really important case. It’s in the public eye. It is difficult for me personally, but it is important for the collective.”
The Court of Appeals overturned Weinstein’s verdict on a 4-3 vote, finding that the trial judge, James Burke, erred by allowing testimony from...
- 4/26/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
When New York’s top court overturned Harvey Weinstein’s Manhattan-based sex crimes conviction in a surprise move Thursday, questions about Weinstein’s reversal of fortune and what comes next for the disgraced movie mogul started to multiply.
Will there be a new trial in New York? Could Weinstein be released on bail while that question plays out? Is Weinstein’s subsequent conviction in California in jeopardy now too?
A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg quickly signaled Thursday that the office hoped to put Weinstein back in front of a jury.
Will there be a new trial in New York? Could Weinstein be released on bail while that question plays out? Is Weinstein’s subsequent conviction in California in jeopardy now too?
A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg quickly signaled Thursday that the office hoped to put Weinstein back in front of a jury.
- 4/26/2024
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the Rust armorer who loaded the live round into the gun Alec Baldwin was holding when it discharged and killed the film’s cinematographer, will serve 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter.
The decision from Santa Fe judge Mary Sommer, delivered on Monday, comes after a jury found Gutierrez-Reed guilty, making her the first crewmember to be convicted for her role in the accidental shooting death of Halyna Hutchins.
Involuntary manslaughter charges in New Mexico carry a maximum sentence of 18 months and a fine of up to $5,000. Prosecutors sought the upper limit of the term. Gutierrez-Reed has been at the Santa Fe Adult Detention Facility since March, when she was determined to be liable of involuntary manslaughter but not evidence tampering charges. Last month, Sommer declined to allow a new trial and denied a motion for the armorer to be released while she appeals her conviction.
During the hearing,...
The decision from Santa Fe judge Mary Sommer, delivered on Monday, comes after a jury found Gutierrez-Reed guilty, making her the first crewmember to be convicted for her role in the accidental shooting death of Halyna Hutchins.
Involuntary manslaughter charges in New Mexico carry a maximum sentence of 18 months and a fine of up to $5,000. Prosecutors sought the upper limit of the term. Gutierrez-Reed has been at the Santa Fe Adult Detention Facility since March, when she was determined to be liable of involuntary manslaughter but not evidence tampering charges. Last month, Sommer declined to allow a new trial and denied a motion for the armorer to be released while she appeals her conviction.
During the hearing,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced just now to 18 months behind bars over the October 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the Santa Fe set of the indie Western starring Alec Baldwin.
“You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon,” said Judge Mary Marlow Sommer in her sentencing Monday after rejecting defense pleas for probation and counseling. “But for you, Ms. Hutchins would be alive, a husband would have his partner and a little boy would have his mother.”
The sentence in a state prison was the maximum that Gutierrez-Reed could receive under New Mexico law.
Exclaiming that her “heart aches” for what happened on Rust and the death of Hutchins, Gutierrez-Reed earlier called herself “young and naive,” chastised the media for portraying her as a “complete monster” and told the court how she had been overworked and under-resourced on the film.
“I beg you please don’t give me more time,...
“You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon,” said Judge Mary Marlow Sommer in her sentencing Monday after rejecting defense pleas for probation and counseling. “But for you, Ms. Hutchins would be alive, a husband would have his partner and a little boy would have his mother.”
The sentence in a state prison was the maximum that Gutierrez-Reed could receive under New Mexico law.
Exclaiming that her “heart aches” for what happened on Rust and the death of Hutchins, Gutierrez-Reed earlier called herself “young and naive,” chastised the media for portraying her as a “complete monster” and told the court how she had been overworked and under-resourced on the film.
“I beg you please don’t give me more time,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
In the wake of O.J. Simpson’s recent death at the age of 76, Caitlyn Jenner, 74, former Olympic gold medalist known for her role on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, took to social media to express her unreserved thoughts on the matter.
In a brief social media post with the hashtag #OJSimpson, Jenner made her sentiments clear: “Good riddance.”
The connection between Jenner and Simpson lies in their association through Jenner’s ex-wife, Kris Jenner, who was previously married to Robert Kardashian. Kardashian, a close friend of Simpson’s, notably served as one of the NFL star’s defense attorneys in his highly publicized murder trial in 1994.
Simpson’s family stated his X on his behalf, “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.”
They wrote, “During this time of transition, his family asks that you please...
In a brief social media post with the hashtag #OJSimpson, Jenner made her sentiments clear: “Good riddance.”
The connection between Jenner and Simpson lies in their association through Jenner’s ex-wife, Kris Jenner, who was previously married to Robert Kardashian. Kardashian, a close friend of Simpson’s, notably served as one of the NFL star’s defense attorneys in his highly publicized murder trial in 1994.
Simpson’s family stated his X on his behalf, “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.”
They wrote, “During this time of transition, his family asks that you please...
- 4/12/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
The family of the late Ronald Goldman, whom O.J. Simpson was accused of murdering along with ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson outside of her Brentwood home, is calling the death of the man they believe killed Ron, “a mixed bag of complicated emotions.”
Simpson died Wednesday after a battle with cancer, his family said.
And the death of the man they call “Ron’s killer,” Ron’s sister, Kim, and father, Fred, say in a statement posted to social media, means “the hope for true accountability has ended.”
But they insist they will carry on with their efforts to seek justice for victims and survivors.
“We will continue to advocate for the rights of all victims and survivors, ensuring our voices are heard both within and beyond the courtroom,” the statement reads. “And despite [Simpson’s] death, the mission continues; there’s always more to be done. Thank you for keeping our family,...
Simpson died Wednesday after a battle with cancer, his family said.
And the death of the man they call “Ron’s killer,” Ron’s sister, Kim, and father, Fred, say in a statement posted to social media, means “the hope for true accountability has ended.”
But they insist they will carry on with their efforts to seek justice for victims and survivors.
“We will continue to advocate for the rights of all victims and survivors, ensuring our voices are heard both within and beyond the courtroom,” the statement reads. “And despite [Simpson’s] death, the mission continues; there’s always more to be done. Thank you for keeping our family,...
- 4/12/2024
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gloria Allred, the attorney who represented Nicole Brown Simpson’s family in O.J. Simpson’s headline-making murder trial, has spoken out after Simpson’s death. The family of the former football star and actor announced Thursday that the 76-year-old died from cancer.
Brown Simpson was famously found murdered in 1994 outside her Brentwood condominium, along with her friend Ronald Goldman. Her late ex-husband, O.J. Simpson, was accused of their murders and ultimately acquitted of the charges.
In wake of the news of Simpson’s death, Allred shared that she isn’t mourning the controversial figure and called upon the public to remember the victims instead.
“Of course I immediately feel sorry for his children. O.J. Simpson did kill Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, may they rest in peace,” Allred told New York’s local ABC station. (Brown Simpson and Simpson were married for seven years and shared two children.
Brown Simpson was famously found murdered in 1994 outside her Brentwood condominium, along with her friend Ronald Goldman. Her late ex-husband, O.J. Simpson, was accused of their murders and ultimately acquitted of the charges.
In wake of the news of Simpson’s death, Allred shared that she isn’t mourning the controversial figure and called upon the public to remember the victims instead.
“Of course I immediately feel sorry for his children. O.J. Simpson did kill Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, may they rest in peace,” Allred told New York’s local ABC station. (Brown Simpson and Simpson were married for seven years and shared two children.
- 4/11/2024
- by Lexy Perez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following the news of O.J. Simpson dying of cancer, celebrity reactions to the controversial figure’s death began pouring in.
In a statement shared by the Simpson family on Thursday morning, it was announced that on Wednesday, the former football player, who became better known for being accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman amid an infamous televised car chase and trial, “succumbed to his battle with cancer” while surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
Caitlyn Jenner, who married Kris Jenner shortly after the Kardashian matriarch’s divorce from Robert Kardashian, who was Simpson’s defense attorney during the murder trial, was among the first to react on social media. “Good Riddance #OJSimpson,” she tweeted.
Mia Farrow also took to X (formerly Twitter), writing, “Thinking of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman – and their families.”
Gloria Allred, the attorney who represented Nicole Brown Simpson...
In a statement shared by the Simpson family on Thursday morning, it was announced that on Wednesday, the former football player, who became better known for being accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman amid an infamous televised car chase and trial, “succumbed to his battle with cancer” while surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
Caitlyn Jenner, who married Kris Jenner shortly after the Kardashian matriarch’s divorce from Robert Kardashian, who was Simpson’s defense attorney during the murder trial, was among the first to react on social media. “Good Riddance #OJSimpson,” she tweeted.
Mia Farrow also took to X (formerly Twitter), writing, “Thinking of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman – and their families.”
Gloria Allred, the attorney who represented Nicole Brown Simpson...
- 4/11/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro and Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film-maker is accused of rape, sexual battery and intentional affliction of severe emotional distress for alleged incident
Film-maker Roman Polanski will face a civil trial in Los Angeles in 2025 for allegedly raping a teenager in 1973.
Attorney Gloria Allred, who has represented the victims of Jeffery Epstein and Bill Cosby, confirmed in a press conference on Tuesday that a judge has set Polanski’s trial for August 2025.
Film-maker Roman Polanski will face a civil trial in Los Angeles in 2025 for allegedly raping a teenager in 1973.
Attorney Gloria Allred, who has represented the victims of Jeffery Epstein and Bill Cosby, confirmed in a press conference on Tuesday that a judge has set Polanski’s trial for August 2025.
- 3/12/2024
- by Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
- The Guardian - Film News
Currently on trial in France for decrying the sexual assault claims from actress Charlotte Lewis, Roman Polanski now finds himself facing a trial next year in the United States over allegations of raping a minor in 1973.
The Oscar winning director is set to face American justice starting on August 4, 2025, plaintiff’s lawyer Gloria Allred revealed in a press conference today.
With Jane Doe (previously identified under a shortened version of her name in 2017) sitting by her side Tuesday, Allred also stated that 90-year-old Polanski received papers in the case recently at his home in Paris from a “process server.” After that, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge assigned the date on March 8, the famed advocate attorney stated.
A longtime fugitive from American justice and almost certain not to appear in court in Los Angeles, Polanski sitting for a deposition in the case is still a bit of an unknown, Allred says.
The Oscar winning director is set to face American justice starting on August 4, 2025, plaintiff’s lawyer Gloria Allred revealed in a press conference today.
With Jane Doe (previously identified under a shortened version of her name in 2017) sitting by her side Tuesday, Allred also stated that 90-year-old Polanski received papers in the case recently at his home in Paris from a “process server.” After that, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge assigned the date on March 8, the famed advocate attorney stated.
A longtime fugitive from American justice and almost certain not to appear in court in Los Angeles, Polanski sitting for a deposition in the case is still a bit of an unknown, Allred says.
- 3/12/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Embattled director Roman Polanski has been sued in a lawsuit accusing him of drugging and raping a minor in 1973.
The filing of the complaint comes as a trial in France kicks off over allegations that he defamed British actress Charlotte Lewis, who he accused of disseminating a “heinous lie” after she claimed that he sexually assaulted her in the 1980s. Polanski has been a fugitive from prosecution in the United States since the 1970s.
The lawsuit was filed by an unidentified plaintiff last year in Los Angeles Superior Court, but it was not allowed to disclose Polanski as the defendant. Gloria Allred, who represents the woman, said that the court recently permitted her to file an amended complaint naming Polanski.
According to the lawsuit, Polanski invited the woman to dinner after meeting her at a party when she was a teenager. At his house in Benedict Canyon, he allegedly gave...
The filing of the complaint comes as a trial in France kicks off over allegations that he defamed British actress Charlotte Lewis, who he accused of disseminating a “heinous lie” after she claimed that he sexually assaulted her in the 1980s. Polanski has been a fugitive from prosecution in the United States since the 1970s.
The lawsuit was filed by an unidentified plaintiff last year in Los Angeles Superior Court, but it was not allowed to disclose Polanski as the defendant. Gloria Allred, who represents the woman, said that the court recently permitted her to file an amended complaint naming Polanski.
According to the lawsuit, Polanski invited the woman to dinner after meeting her at a party when she was a teenager. At his house in Benedict Canyon, he allegedly gave...
- 3/12/2024
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A Santa Monica judge has set an August 2025 trial date for a rape lawsuit against director Roman Polanski.
The plaintiff alleges that Polanski raped her in 1973, when she was underage, at his home in Benedict Canyon. According to her lawsuit, she had met him at a party months earlier. Polanski invited her to dinner at Le Restaurant on La Brea Avenue, gave her shots of tequila, and then drove her to his house, where she passed out on his bed, the suit states.
“Plaintiff remembers waking up in Defendant’s bed with him lying in the bed next to her,” the lawsuit states. “He told her that he wanted to have sex with her. Plaintiff, though groggy, told Defendant ‘No.’ She told him, ‘Please don’t do this.'”
According to the suit, Polanski ignored her pleas and proceeded to rape her. He then drove her home. That was the...
The plaintiff alleges that Polanski raped her in 1973, when she was underage, at his home in Benedict Canyon. According to her lawsuit, she had met him at a party months earlier. Polanski invited her to dinner at Le Restaurant on La Brea Avenue, gave her shots of tequila, and then drove her to his house, where she passed out on his bed, the suit states.
“Plaintiff remembers waking up in Defendant’s bed with him lying in the bed next to her,” the lawsuit states. “He told her that he wanted to have sex with her. Plaintiff, though groggy, told Defendant ‘No.’ She told him, ‘Please don’t do this.'”
According to the suit, Polanski ignored her pleas and proceeded to rape her. He then drove her home. That was the...
- 3/12/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
The producers of the Alec Baldwin film “Rust” are nine months late in paying the widower and son of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed in a gun accident on set in 2021, according to a recent court filing.
Baldwin and the other producers announced a settlement of the family’s wrongful death lawsuit in October 2022. The terms, finalized in March 2023, provided for completion of “Rust” and payments to the Hutchins estate, including insurance funds and a portion of the profits.
Rust Movie Productions LLC was supposed to make the full guaranteed payments by June 13, 2023, according to a Feb. 7 filing from the estate’s attorneys.
But that has not happened, according to the filing. The estate is now considering its options, which include resuming the wrongful death lawsuit or filing a new one.
It is not clear what caused the delay. Production resumed last April at a film ranch in Montana,...
Baldwin and the other producers announced a settlement of the family’s wrongful death lawsuit in October 2022. The terms, finalized in March 2023, provided for completion of “Rust” and payments to the Hutchins estate, including insurance funds and a portion of the profits.
Rust Movie Productions LLC was supposed to make the full guaranteed payments by June 13, 2023, according to a Feb. 7 filing from the estate’s attorneys.
But that has not happened, according to the filing. The estate is now considering its options, which include resuming the wrongful death lawsuit or filing a new one.
It is not clear what caused the delay. Production resumed last April at a film ranch in Montana,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
New legal documents made public Friday by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission indicate former CBS President and CEO Leslie Moonves has paid an $11,250 fine for trying to influence a former LAPD captain.
NBC4 reports that in 2017, an L.A. police captain was leaking confidential information about a criminal investigation on Moonves. The top CBS executive had been accused of sexually assaulting a former employee.
Earlier this month, Moonves agreed to pay the $11,250 fine for violating the city’s ethics code by “inducing” a city official to misuse his position in order to create an advantage for Moonves.
The former LAPD captain, Corey Palka, personally provided Moonves with information about the LAPD investigation and the former Moonves employee who made the accusation. Palka was the commanding officer of the Hollywood Division in 2017.
The Ethics Commission said Palka met with Moonves on November 25, 2017 at a restaurant in Westlake Village to share confidential information.
NBC4 reports that in 2017, an L.A. police captain was leaking confidential information about a criminal investigation on Moonves. The top CBS executive had been accused of sexually assaulting a former employee.
Earlier this month, Moonves agreed to pay the $11,250 fine for violating the city’s ethics code by “inducing” a city official to misuse his position in order to create an advantage for Moonves.
The former LAPD captain, Corey Palka, personally provided Moonves with information about the LAPD investigation and the former Moonves employee who made the accusation. Palka was the commanding officer of the Hollywood Division in 2017.
The Ethics Commission said Palka met with Moonves on November 25, 2017 at a restaurant in Westlake Village to share confidential information.
- 2/17/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
An attorney for the family of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins said this week that SAG-AFTRA’s defense of Alec Baldwin amid new potential charges flies “in the face of common sense and the law.”
Baldwin was indicted in the fatal shooting of Hutchins earlier this month, after a grand jury presented with a new investigation recommended charges. He had previously been charged with involuntary manslaughter in January 2023, before the charges were dropped in April 2023 upon discovery of new evidence that demanded investigation. New Mexico District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said on CNN last week that the new indictment comes on the basis that Baldwin, as a producer, had a duty to “make sure that the set was safe,” and that as an actor, “he should have checked that gun, checked those projectiles.”
Following news of the new charges, SAG-AFTRA called the comments “wrong and uninformed.”
“An actor’s job is not...
Baldwin was indicted in the fatal shooting of Hutchins earlier this month, after a grand jury presented with a new investigation recommended charges. He had previously been charged with involuntary manslaughter in January 2023, before the charges were dropped in April 2023 upon discovery of new evidence that demanded investigation. New Mexico District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said on CNN last week that the new indictment comes on the basis that Baldwin, as a producer, had a duty to “make sure that the set was safe,” and that as an actor, “he should have checked that gun, checked those projectiles.”
Following news of the new charges, SAG-AFTRA called the comments “wrong and uninformed.”
“An actor’s job is not...
- 1/27/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
**Legal Thuggery** This report delves into Alki David’s robust allegations against Gloria Allred, Tom Girardi, and their legal syndicate in their ongoing legal dispute. Mr. David vehemently contends that he has been subjected to relentless legal harassment, egregious media sensationalism, a severe lack of due process, an unwarranted personal vendetta, and an unjust public presumption […]
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- 1/14/2024
- by Grady Owen
- ShockYa
A year after a Los Angeles jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on her claims Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her in a Beverly Hills hotel room in 2013, the woman known as Jane Doe No. 2 at Weinstein’s California criminal trial has filed a lawsuit against the disgraced former movie mogul.
The woman, who also testified at Weinstein’s criminal trial in New York, filed her 14-page lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. It names Weinstein and The Weinstein Company as defendants and includes claims of sexual assault and battery,...
The woman, who also testified at Weinstein’s criminal trial in New York, filed her 14-page lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. It names Weinstein and The Weinstein Company as defendants and includes claims of sexual assault and battery,...
- 12/20/2023
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Cuba Gooding Jr. is facing two new lawsuits from women who claimed that he groped them in separate incidents at New York restaurants in 2018 and 2019.
The lawsuits were filed on Wednesday in New York Supreme Court under the state’s Adult Survivors Act, which is set to expire this week. The law gives plaintiffs a window to file civil claims of sexual offenses that have otherwise been barred by the statute of limitations.
The litigation is the latest against Gooding, who settled a lawsuit in June with a woman who accused him of rape in 2013.
In the 2018 claim, a cocktail waitress working at Lavo restaurant and nightclub in New York accused Gooding of forcing his tongue in her mouth without her consent. Gooding pleaded guilty to a charge related to the incident last year. The lawsuit includes a portion of the transcript from an April, 2022 hearing where Gooding admitted to the conduct.
The lawsuits were filed on Wednesday in New York Supreme Court under the state’s Adult Survivors Act, which is set to expire this week. The law gives plaintiffs a window to file civil claims of sexual offenses that have otherwise been barred by the statute of limitations.
The litigation is the latest against Gooding, who settled a lawsuit in June with a woman who accused him of rape in 2013.
In the 2018 claim, a cocktail waitress working at Lavo restaurant and nightclub in New York accused Gooding of forcing his tongue in her mouth without her consent. Gooding pleaded guilty to a charge related to the incident last year. The lawsuit includes a portion of the transcript from an April, 2022 hearing where Gooding admitted to the conduct.
- 11/22/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Crown” has returned, and with it renewed interest in what the prestige Netflix series got right and wrong about history. “The Crown” Season 6 is split into two parts, with the first four episodes focusing predominantly on the final weeks of Princess Diana’s life and the immediate aftermath of her death. And within those first four hours, a number of questions arise as to what’s portrayed and what actually happened.
Before the final six episodes debut in December, here’s your quick “The Crown” Season 6 fact-check.
Did Dodi Fayed really propose to Princess Diana the night they died?
One of the season’s most shocking moments shows Dodi Fayed (Khalid Abdalla) proposing to Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) the night they died, mere hours before the fatal car crash. But there is no hard evidence that this proposal ever took place. Its depiction likely stems from tabloid rumors at...
Before the final six episodes debut in December, here’s your quick “The Crown” Season 6 fact-check.
Did Dodi Fayed really propose to Princess Diana the night they died?
One of the season’s most shocking moments shows Dodi Fayed (Khalid Abdalla) proposing to Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) the night they died, mere hours before the fatal car crash. But there is no hard evidence that this proposal ever took place. Its depiction likely stems from tabloid rumors at...
- 11/22/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
It’s the arc that “The Crown” fans have waited for and dreaded: Princess Diana dies in Episode 3 of the Netflix series’ sixth and final season (returning as a spirit for the fourth and final episode of Part 1). While the fourth episode focuses on the aftermath of her death, the first three zero in on their relationship in the weeks leading up to their car crash in the Paris tunnel.
As usual with Peter Morgan’s fact-based drama, some truly wild stuff happens — and some of it is even true! But “The Crown” has always been slightly more interested in emotional truth than in a strict historical record, which means the line between fact and fiction tends to blur. And while many viewers have vivid memories of Diana’s death and the events in its wake, decades of documentaries, biopics, books, and conspiracy theories have made what led up to it hazy.
As usual with Peter Morgan’s fact-based drama, some truly wild stuff happens — and some of it is even true! But “The Crown” has always been slightly more interested in emotional truth than in a strict historical record, which means the line between fact and fiction tends to blur. And while many viewers have vivid memories of Diana’s death and the events in its wake, decades of documentaries, biopics, books, and conspiracy theories have made what led up to it hazy.
- 11/17/2023
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
In a shocking turn of events, Gary Dordick has allegedly poured an eye-popping $8 million into Loyola Law School Hollywood, the same institution that once bore the name of his now-disgraced associates, Tom Girardi and Gloria Allred. It’s a school that was once proudly known as the “Girardi School of Law” until Tom Girardi’s precipitous […]
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- 9/24/2023
- by Grady Owen
- ShockYa
Montserrat Luna-Ballantyne is walking in circles, picket sign raised high, with a scant group outside an NBCUniversal gate on a Thursday morning that is beginning to turn warm. The striking Writers Guild of America member (With Love) comes to NBCUniversal frequently — it’s nearby to where to she lives, and she can take the bus — but this morning is slightly different, less dutiful, than a typical three-hour shift.
As songs like Sixpence None the Richer’s “Kiss Me” and Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn” play on a speaker at the gate, Luna-Ballantyne is doing the circuit, from one sidewalk to another, nearby one writer in a Xena: Warrior Princess t-shirt and another in a spaghetti strap dress. She herself is wearing butterfly clips, a choker and earrings shaped like the cartoon cat Luna from Sailor Moon. “I enjoy coming to themed pickets — it mixes it up a little bit,” she says while pausing.
As songs like Sixpence None the Richer’s “Kiss Me” and Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn” play on a speaker at the gate, Luna-Ballantyne is doing the circuit, from one sidewalk to another, nearby one writer in a Xena: Warrior Princess t-shirt and another in a spaghetti strap dress. She herself is wearing butterfly clips, a choker and earrings shaped like the cartoon cat Luna from Sailor Moon. “I enjoy coming to themed pickets — it mixes it up a little bit,” she says while pausing.
- 7/5/2023
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lily Tomlin, Gloria Allred, Marta Kauffman and top creatives called for entertainment companies to enact stronger health and safety protections for employees working in states that have banned or criminalized abortion at a reproductive health care-themed picket in front of Amazon Studios on Friday.
“Our message to the studios is this: It’s not acceptable to wait until someone dies to take this seriously. It is not acceptable to force people who are pregnant or could get pregnant to have to choose between their jobs and their lives,” said writer-producer Cindy Chupack (Fleishman Is in Trouble, Sex and the City) in a speech at the event in front of the white columns of Culver Studios. “And Amazon, maybe instead of figuring out how drones can safely fly our packages to our door, you could figure out how a medevac could safely fly our crewmembers to a hospital.”
Added Women in...
“Our message to the studios is this: It’s not acceptable to wait until someone dies to take this seriously. It is not acceptable to force people who are pregnant or could get pregnant to have to choose between their jobs and their lives,” said writer-producer Cindy Chupack (Fleishman Is in Trouble, Sex and the City) in a speech at the event in front of the white columns of Culver Studios. “And Amazon, maybe instead of figuring out how drones can safely fly our packages to our door, you could figure out how a medevac could safely fly our crewmembers to a hospital.”
Added Women in...
- 6/23/2023
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Updated, 9:33 Am: Cuba Gooding Jr. will not have to face trial for rape.
Minutes before jury selection was schedule to start this morning in New York in the civil case against the Oscar winner for an alleged 2013 assault, a deal was announced between the Oscar winner and the unnamed plaintiff.
“Trial Off: The jury trial scheduled to go forward today is off the calendar,” it said in the federal court docket Tuesday. “Reason for cancellation (on consent): the parties have resolved the matter.”
As is common with matters such as this, the settlement is being kept confidential. However, from what sources tell us, Gooding paid the alleged victim a “considerable sum” to end the case.
Seeking $6 million in damages when she first filed the action nearly three years ago, the Gloria Allred represented plaintiff was ordered last week by US District Judge Paul Crotty to refile her complaint...
Minutes before jury selection was schedule to start this morning in New York in the civil case against the Oscar winner for an alleged 2013 assault, a deal was announced between the Oscar winner and the unnamed plaintiff.
“Trial Off: The jury trial scheduled to go forward today is off the calendar,” it said in the federal court docket Tuesday. “Reason for cancellation (on consent): the parties have resolved the matter.”
As is common with matters such as this, the settlement is being kept confidential. However, from what sources tell us, Gooding paid the alleged victim a “considerable sum” to end the case.
Seeking $6 million in damages when she first filed the action nearly three years ago, the Gloria Allred represented plaintiff was ordered last week by US District Judge Paul Crotty to refile her complaint...
- 6/6/2023
- by Patrick Hipes and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
In the dark underbelly of Los Angeles, a sinister game was being played. Gloria Allred, the notorious fixer and extortionist, had set her sights on Kanye West, the supremely famous rapper and performer. Allred, known for her ability to manipulate cases and exploit people for personal gain, had enlisted the help of a thuggish lawyer […]
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- 6/2/2023
- by Grady Owen
- ShockYa
Los Angeles, June 1 (Ians) The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s (Da) office has decided not to file sexual assault charges against actor Armie Hammer, following a lengthy investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
In a statement, the Da’s office said it could not prove rape allegations beyond a reasonable doubt, in part due to the “complexity of the relationship” between Hammer and the accuser, reports ‘Variety’.
According to ‘Variety’, the accuser, who was previously identified as Effie, reported Hammer to the police in February 2021.
She claimed that Hammer had been physically abusive during an on-and-off relationship that spanned four years, and said that he had violently raped her in 2017.
Hammer has vehemently denied her allegations.
The Da’s office said that it assigns experienced prosecutors to review sexual assault investigations.
“In this case, those prosecutors conducted an extremely thorough review, but determined that at this time,...
In a statement, the Da’s office said it could not prove rape allegations beyond a reasonable doubt, in part due to the “complexity of the relationship” between Hammer and the accuser, reports ‘Variety’.
According to ‘Variety’, the accuser, who was previously identified as Effie, reported Hammer to the police in February 2021.
She claimed that Hammer had been physically abusive during an on-and-off relationship that spanned four years, and said that he had violently raped her in 2017.
Hammer has vehemently denied her allegations.
The Da’s office said that it assigns experienced prosecutors to review sexual assault investigations.
“In this case, those prosecutors conducted an extremely thorough review, but determined that at this time,...
- 6/1/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
There's yet another scandal engulfing the "Vanderpump Rules" universe, although a bit different from the highly publicized Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval breakup. Movie producer and former "Vanderpump Rules" star Randall Emmett is the subject of a new Hulu documentary called "The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump," which delves into his history of alleged abusive behavior across his years in Hollywood, which he has denied.
News of Emmett's alleged ongoing controversial behavior first went public in June 2022 when an explosive Los Angeles Times investigation unearthed numerous reports about his alleged inappropriate conduct, as well as other misdeeds, such as huge amounts of debt claimed to be owed by his production company, Emmett/Furla Oasis Films. Meanwhile, Emmett's spokesperson, Sallie Hofmeister, denied all allegations on his behalf, per the outlet.
On May 17, Emmett released a statement to Page Six further denouncing the LA Times report and documentary. "Almost one year...
News of Emmett's alleged ongoing controversial behavior first went public in June 2022 when an explosive Los Angeles Times investigation unearthed numerous reports about his alleged inappropriate conduct, as well as other misdeeds, such as huge amounts of debt claimed to be owed by his production company, Emmett/Furla Oasis Films. Meanwhile, Emmett's spokesperson, Sallie Hofmeister, denied all allegations on his behalf, per the outlet.
On May 17, Emmett released a statement to Page Six further denouncing the LA Times report and documentary. "Almost one year...
- 6/1/2023
- by Eden Arielle Gordon
- Popsugar.com
Following more than two years of investigation, the Los Angeles County District Attorney has decided not to file sexual assault charges against actor Armie Hammer. A woman, using the name Effie, alleged that Hammer had raped her in 2017 and had been physically abusive with her over a four-year, on-again/off-again relationship. She reported him to police in Feb. 2021.
“Sexual assault cases are often difficult to prove, which is why we assign our most experienced prosecutors to review them,” Tiffiny Blacknell, the D.A. office’s Director of the Bureau of Communications,...
“Sexual assault cases are often difficult to prove, which is why we assign our most experienced prosecutors to review them,” Tiffiny Blacknell, the D.A. office’s Director of the Bureau of Communications,...
- 5/31/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The Los Angeles County D.A.’s office has decided not to file sexual assault charges against actor Armie Hammer, following a lengthy investigation by the LAPD.
In a statement, the D.A.’s office said it could not prove rape allegations beyond a reasonable doubt, in part due to the “complexity of the relationship” between Hammer and the accuser.
The accuser, who was previously identified as Effie, reported Hammer to the police in February 2021. She alleged that Hammer had been physically abusive during an on-and-off relationship that spanned four years, and said that he had violently raped her in 2017. Hammer vehemently denied her allegations.
The D.A.’s office said that it assigns experienced prosecutors to review sexual assault investigations.
“In this case, those prosecutors conducted an extremely thorough review, but determined that at this time, there is insufficient evidence to charge Mr. Hammer with a crime,” the office said.
In a statement, the D.A.’s office said it could not prove rape allegations beyond a reasonable doubt, in part due to the “complexity of the relationship” between Hammer and the accuser.
The accuser, who was previously identified as Effie, reported Hammer to the police in February 2021. She alleged that Hammer had been physically abusive during an on-and-off relationship that spanned four years, and said that he had violently raped her in 2017. Hammer vehemently denied her allegations.
The D.A.’s office said that it assigns experienced prosecutors to review sexual assault investigations.
“In this case, those prosecutors conducted an extremely thorough review, but determined that at this time, there is insufficient evidence to charge Mr. Hammer with a crime,” the office said.
- 5/31/2023
- by Gene Maddaus and Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Director Roman Polanski, who has been a Hollywood outcast since 1978, when Samantha Geimer accused him of allegedly sexually assaulting her in 1977 when she was just 13 years old, recently posed for a selfie with his alleged victim.
Both Geimer and Polanski were pictured smiling despite the incident from 45 years ago, and the subsequent five charges of rape by use of drugs, perversion, lewd and lascivious act upon a child under fourteen, and furnishing a controlled substance to a minor, brought against Polanski.
Geimer, who had asked a judge to drop the case against Polanski in 2017, sat down for an interview for French publication Le Point with her alleged assaulter’s wife, former model Emmanuelle Seigner.
Speaking to Seigner, Geimer explained that it was time for them to finally meet and “speak, you know, together in solidarity of adult capable women who have opinions and don’t have to fall into this...
Both Geimer and Polanski were pictured smiling despite the incident from 45 years ago, and the subsequent five charges of rape by use of drugs, perversion, lewd and lascivious act upon a child under fourteen, and furnishing a controlled substance to a minor, brought against Polanski.
Geimer, who had asked a judge to drop the case against Polanski in 2017, sat down for an interview for French publication Le Point with her alleged assaulter’s wife, former model Emmanuelle Seigner.
Speaking to Seigner, Geimer explained that it was time for them to finally meet and “speak, you know, together in solidarity of adult capable women who have opinions and don’t have to fall into this...
- 5/17/2023
- by Nicky Kashani
- Uinterview
Following confirmation Friday that Alec Baldwin will no longer face criminal charges in the death of Halyna Hutchins, the family of the Rust cinematographer will press ahead with a civil suit against Baldwin, who was holding the prop gun that fired the bullet killing Hutchins on set in October 2021.
Lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents Hutchins’ mother Olga Solovey, her father Anatolii Androsovych, and sister Svetlana Zemko, said Friday her clients “remain hopeful,” asserting: “Mr Baldwin may pretend that he is not responsible for pulling the trigger and ejecting a live bullet which ended Halyna’s life. He can run to Montana and pretend that he is just an actor in a wild west movie but, in real life, he cannot escape from the fact that he had a major role in a tragedy which had real life consequences.”
Baldwin’s lawyers called their action “misguided” and unlikely to survive legal scrutiny.
Lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents Hutchins’ mother Olga Solovey, her father Anatolii Androsovych, and sister Svetlana Zemko, said Friday her clients “remain hopeful,” asserting: “Mr Baldwin may pretend that he is not responsible for pulling the trigger and ejecting a live bullet which ended Halyna’s life. He can run to Montana and pretend that he is just an actor in a wild west movie but, in real life, he cannot escape from the fact that he had a major role in a tragedy which had real life consequences.”
Baldwin’s lawyers called their action “misguided” and unlikely to survive legal scrutiny.
- 4/22/2023
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with latest court hearing information: The New Mexico criminal case against Alec Baldwin for the on-set death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21, 2021 is officially closed.
Following yesterday’s exclusive by Deadline that involuntary manslaughter charges against the star-producer of the indie Western would be dropped, special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis official filed the paperwork Friday to bring the matter to a conclusion, for now.
“Come now, the State of New Mexico, by and through special prosecutors Kari T. Morrissey and Jason J. Lewis, and enters a nolle prosequi in the above-numbered and styled cause, as new facts were revealed that demand further investigation and forensic analysis which cannot be completed before the May 3, 2023, preliminary hearing,” the recently appointed duo said today. “The case is dismissed without prejudice and the investigation is active and on-going.”
To that end, while Baldwin will not face charges now, “without...
Following yesterday’s exclusive by Deadline that involuntary manslaughter charges against the star-producer of the indie Western would be dropped, special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis official filed the paperwork Friday to bring the matter to a conclusion, for now.
“Come now, the State of New Mexico, by and through special prosecutors Kari T. Morrissey and Jason J. Lewis, and enters a nolle prosequi in the above-numbered and styled cause, as new facts were revealed that demand further investigation and forensic analysis which cannot be completed before the May 3, 2023, preliminary hearing,” the recently appointed duo said today. “The case is dismissed without prejudice and the investigation is active and on-going.”
To that end, while Baldwin will not face charges now, “without...
- 4/21/2023
- by Dominic Patten and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Sexual assault allegations against Armie Hammer stemming from a 2021 Los Angeles Police Department investigation are under review by the Los Angeles District Attorney.
The Da’s office told CNN it was reviewing the claims on Monday. “I can confirm that the LAPD has presented a case regarding Armie Hammer to the Lada,” the office’s communications director Tiffiny Blacknell told CNN. “The matter is currently under review.”
Hammer has not been charged in the case and lawyers for Hammer declined to comment on the Da review, but the actor previously denied the allegations through a 2021 statement to The Hollywood Reporter from his legal rep, Andrew Brettler.
The spokesperson for the L.A. Da “did not specify the identity of the complainant or complainants,” according to CNN. However, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Hammer was under investigation for sexual assault in a case that was opened on Feb. 3, 2021. That case involves Efrosina Angelova,...
The Da’s office told CNN it was reviewing the claims on Monday. “I can confirm that the LAPD has presented a case regarding Armie Hammer to the Lada,” the office’s communications director Tiffiny Blacknell told CNN. “The matter is currently under review.”
Hammer has not been charged in the case and lawyers for Hammer declined to comment on the Da review, but the actor previously denied the allegations through a 2021 statement to The Hollywood Reporter from his legal rep, Andrew Brettler.
The spokesperson for the L.A. Da “did not specify the identity of the complainant or complainants,” according to CNN. However, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Hammer was under investigation for sexual assault in a case that was opened on Feb. 3, 2021. That case involves Efrosina Angelova,...
- 4/18/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Los Angeles police department is moving forward with investigating sexual assault allegations against Armie Hammer and has handed them off to the district attorney.
On Monday, the office’s communications director, Tiffiny Blacknell, told CNN that the LAPD has “presented a case regarding Armie Hammer to the Lada” and that the matter is “currently under review.”
The extent and details of the investigation remain undisclosed; however, in March 2021, at a press conference with attorney Gloria Allred, a woman only identified as “Effie” accused the “Call Me By Your Name” star of rape.
Read More: Elizabeth Chambers On Finding Out About Shocking Allegations Against Ex-Husband Armie Hammer: ‘There Are No Words, What The F**k?’
Effie alleges that Hammer “violently” raped her in 2017 during a secret affair while he was with his now-estranged wife, Elizabeth Chambers.
The two allegedly had a four-year relationship in which Hammer abused her “mentally, emotionally and sexually.
On Monday, the office’s communications director, Tiffiny Blacknell, told CNN that the LAPD has “presented a case regarding Armie Hammer to the Lada” and that the matter is “currently under review.”
The extent and details of the investigation remain undisclosed; however, in March 2021, at a press conference with attorney Gloria Allred, a woman only identified as “Effie” accused the “Call Me By Your Name” star of rape.
Read More: Elizabeth Chambers On Finding Out About Shocking Allegations Against Ex-Husband Armie Hammer: ‘There Are No Words, What The F**k?’
Effie alleges that Hammer “violently” raped her in 2017 during a secret affair while he was with his now-estranged wife, Elizabeth Chambers.
The two allegedly had a four-year relationship in which Hammer abused her “mentally, emotionally and sexually.
- 4/17/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
Alec Baldwin is trying to get have a big lawsuit against him dismissed.
In a court filing last week, obtained by NBC News, the actor’s legal team asked a judge to dismiss the suit filed against him by “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ family.
Read More: Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ Case: District Attorney Steps Aside, New Special Prosecutors Appointed
The request to dismiss claims that Hutchins was distant from her parents and sister, who filed the suit, prior to her death on the set of the film in October 2021.
“The loss of a daughter and sister is undoubtedly painful in any circumstance,” the documents read. “Yet Plaintiffs—who had been distanced from Halyna physically, financially, and emotionally for years before her death—have no viable cause of action against Defendants.”
It adds, “This action is especially misguided.”
Baldwin also references the settlement he reached last fall with Hutchins’ husband Matthew, which...
In a court filing last week, obtained by NBC News, the actor’s legal team asked a judge to dismiss the suit filed against him by “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ family.
Read More: Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ Case: District Attorney Steps Aside, New Special Prosecutors Appointed
The request to dismiss claims that Hutchins was distant from her parents and sister, who filed the suit, prior to her death on the set of the film in October 2021.
“The loss of a daughter and sister is undoubtedly painful in any circumstance,” the documents read. “Yet Plaintiffs—who had been distanced from Halyna physically, financially, and emotionally for years before her death—have no viable cause of action against Defendants.”
It adds, “This action is especially misguided.”
Baldwin also references the settlement he reached last fall with Hutchins’ husband Matthew, which...
- 4/17/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Samantha Geimer, who was raped by Roman Polanski when she was an under-age teenager, has once again spoken out denying that she is a victim – this time in an interview with Polanski’s wife, Emmanuelle Seigner.
Geimer, who was 13 when she was given alcohol and pills and raped by the French-Polish film director, told Seigner for an interview in Le Point magazine (translated by IndieWire) that what happened had “never been a problem for her.”
She said: “Let me be very clear: what happened with Polanski was never a big problem for me. I didn’t even know it was illegal, that someone could be arrested for it. I was fine, I’m still fine. The fact that we’ve made this thing up weighs on me terribly. To have to constantly repeat that it wasn’t a big deal, it’s a terrible burden.”
In the interview, Geimer and...
Geimer, who was 13 when she was given alcohol and pills and raped by the French-Polish film director, told Seigner for an interview in Le Point magazine (translated by IndieWire) that what happened had “never been a problem for her.”
She said: “Let me be very clear: what happened with Polanski was never a big problem for me. I didn’t even know it was illegal, that someone could be arrested for it. I was fine, I’m still fine. The fact that we’ve made this thing up weighs on me terribly. To have to constantly repeat that it wasn’t a big deal, it’s a terrible burden.”
In the interview, Geimer and...
- 4/15/2023
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Alec Baldwin won’t be showing up next month for the New Mexico mini-trial over the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins, and he doesn’t believe he should be a defendant in the lawsuit the parents and sister of slain Rust cinematographer have filed in Los Angeles.
Acknowledging the horror of the October 2021 shooting and that “the loss of a daughter and sister is undoubtedly painful in any circumstance,” Baldwin’s bicoastal Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan defense team also assert that Ukrainian-based Olga Solovey, Anatoli Androsvych and Svetlana Zemko have “been distanced from Halyna physically, financially, and emotionally for years before her death” and “have no viable cause of action against Defendants” (read it here).
Filed on April 13, the demurrer by the indie Western star/EP and El Dorado Picture goes on to state of the February 9 negligence and battery civil complaint by Hutchins’ parents and sister:
This action is especially misguided.
Acknowledging the horror of the October 2021 shooting and that “the loss of a daughter and sister is undoubtedly painful in any circumstance,” Baldwin’s bicoastal Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan defense team also assert that Ukrainian-based Olga Solovey, Anatoli Androsvych and Svetlana Zemko have “been distanced from Halyna physically, financially, and emotionally for years before her death” and “have no viable cause of action against Defendants” (read it here).
Filed on April 13, the demurrer by the indie Western star/EP and El Dorado Picture goes on to state of the February 9 negligence and battery civil complaint by Hutchins’ parents and sister:
This action is especially misguided.
- 4/15/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Samantha Geimer, whom Roman Polanski raped when she was 13 in Los Angeles, is once again reaffirming that the sexual assault was never an issue for her in a new interview with his wife, Emmanuelle Seigner.
In the interview conducted by Le Point, as translated by IndieWire, Geimer, who was 13 when Polanski gave her alcohol and pills and raped and sodomized her in the home of Jack Nicholson, said, “Let me be very clear: what happened with Polanski was never a big problem for me. I didn’t even know it was illegal, that someone could be arrested for it. I was fine, I’m still fine. The fact that we’ve made this thing up weighs on me terribly. To have to constantly repeat that it wasn’t a big deal, it’s a terrible burden.”
Geimer is among five other women who have accused Polanski of underage sexual abuse.
In the interview conducted by Le Point, as translated by IndieWire, Geimer, who was 13 when Polanski gave her alcohol and pills and raped and sodomized her in the home of Jack Nicholson, said, “Let me be very clear: what happened with Polanski was never a big problem for me. I didn’t even know it was illegal, that someone could be arrested for it. I was fine, I’m still fine. The fact that we’ve made this thing up weighs on me terribly. To have to constantly repeat that it wasn’t a big deal, it’s a terrible burden.”
Geimer is among five other women who have accused Polanski of underage sexual abuse.
- 4/14/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson and Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Today, a year and a half after her first solo single debuted, rising R&b star Chloë Bailey’s studio album, In Pieces, has been released. In our review, Rolling Stone contributor Mosi Reeves gives Bailey credit for “trying to turn her growing pains into prickly, sometimes enjoyable art” — but also wonders why she chose to share that art with the “scandal-scarred” Chris Brown. In fact, many questioned or outright condemned Bailey’s move to make music with an “abuser.” When Bailey announced his feature on her second single, “How Does It Feel,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Mankaprr Conteh
- Rollingstone.com
Shocking revelations that Gloria Allred who insists that she has no working ties to super scammer Tom Girardi is flat out lying about that and about Michael Aventatti and Erika Jayne Girardi. Credit: Beyond the Rope Podcast With David Yontef Watch Gloria Allred Who Lies Repeatedly Not only are Allred’s two law-firm partners at Allred, […]
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- 3/25/2023
- by Grady Owen
- ShockYa
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