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Baldoni Stripped of Women's Solidarity Honor
More Fallout for
Justin Baldoni
Dec 24, 2024 9:09 AM CST

More Fallout for Justin Baldoni

Actor stripped of women's solidarity honor over Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims

(Newser) - Justin Baldoni, the actor accused of sexually harassing Blake Lively , has been stripped of an award he received just two weeks ago for his apparent support of women and girls. On Dec. 9, Vital Voices, a global non-profit focused on female empowerment, awarded Baldoni the Voices of Solidarity Award, which...

Justin Baldoni's Podcast Co-Host: I'm Out

Liz Plank leaves Man Enough after 4 years

(Newser) - Following Blake Lively's complaint against Justin Baldoni alleging harassment on the set of It Ends With Us , Baldoni's co-host has exited their podcast. Liz Plank, a journalist and author of a book urging a move away from toxic masculinity , announced Monday on Instagram that she will no longer...

Blake Lively Accuses Co-Star of Sexual Harassment

Actor's complaint says It Ends With Us studio tried to ruin her reputation

(Newser) - Actor Blake Lively has filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department accusing her director and co-star on the film It Ends With Us of sexual harassment on the set and a campaign to destroy her reputation. The complaint , which precedes a lawsuit, says that Justin Baldoni hired a...

Top NYPD Officer Accused of Demanding Sex for Overtime

Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey has resigned

(Newser) - The top uniformed police officer in the New York Police Department has resigned after being accused of demanding sex from a subordinate in exchange for opportunities to earn extra pay. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch accepted the resignation of Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey on Friday night, effective immediately, according to...

Eying Comeback, Cuomo to Sue Accuser for Defamation

Former NY governor says ex-aide knowingly made false statement about him harassing her

(Newser) - Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said to be planning a political comeback despite findings that he sexually harassed more than a dozen employees , now intends to sue one of his accusers. Cuomo lays out his plan to sue former aide Charlotte Bennett for defamation in a court document submitted...

Charlie Rose Avoids Sex Harassment Trial

Former TV host settles with 3 women who assign him no 'ill intent'

(Newser) - Former TV host Charlie Rose has resolved a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by three women in the wake of his #MeToo-era ouster from CBS News in 2017 and the cancellation of his long-running, eponymous PBS talk show, per the AP . In settling, the plaintiffs said they assign no "ill...

Garth Brooks Faces Rape Allegation in Lawsuit

Singer had filed a case arguing the accusations by a former employee are false

(Newser) - A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Garth Brooks of rape, saying the country music star preyed on a woman who worked for him and then tried to silence her. The filing says the plaintiff worked as a hair and makeup stylist for Brooks from 2017 to about 2020, the New York ...

FBI Cuts Hefty Settlement With 34 Female Recruits

Women who said they were sexually discriminated against get $22M payout

(Newser) - The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast size, false allegations of infidelity, and the need to take contraception "to...

Matt Groening Sued: Allegedly Failed to Stop Sexual Assault

Ex-employee accuses Simpsons creator of doing nothing despite having been informed of co-worker's advances

(Newser) - Simpsons creator Matt Groening is being sued over alleged sexual assault that did not involve him, but that allegedly happened at his home. Giavanna Scotto says that when she worked as house manager at Groening's Santa Monica estate, she was subjected to nonconsensual groping and kissing, as well as...

Footage Emerges After Claims of 'Unprofessional' Coppola Behavior

Clips show Godfather director embracing, kissing female extras on set of Megalopolis

(Newser) - Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is coming out at the end of September, but the current advance buzz doesn't have much to do with the movie itself. Instead, it focuses on more allegations against the famed Godfather film director involving him acting "unprofessional" on the movie set, including...

RFK Jr. Sends Sorry Text to Sex Assault Accuser

'I have no memory of this incident but I apologize sincerely,' he wrote to ex-nanny Eliza Cooney

(Newser) - A bombshell allegation in a recent Vanity Fair article that accuses Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of a 1998 sexual assault has been roundly dismissed by the independent presidential candidate, who declared on a podcast after the story released, "I am not a church boy. ... I am who I am....

US Woman Charged With Stabbing German Man After Sex Harassment

20-year-old is in custody after fatal stabbing in region home to many US military personnel

(Newser) - Prosecutors in Germany say video shows a 64-year-old German man touching the buttocks of a 20-year-old American woman on a train station escalator shortly before he was fatally stabbed. The woman turned herself into authorities after the Saturday afternoon incident in Kaiserslautern in southwest Germany. Stars and Stripes reports that...

Snapchat Treated Women Like 'Second-Class Citizens': Lawsuit

And it will pay $15M in sex discrimination lawsuit

(Newser) - Snapchat Inc. will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by California's civil rights agency. The suit claimed the company discriminated against female employees, failed to prevent workplace sexual harassment, and retaliated against women who complained, the AP reports. The settlement with Snapchat Inc., which owns the popular...

SpaceX Engineers' Suit Blames Firings on Harassment Letter

'Journal' looks into Musk's relationships with women who work for him

(Newser) - Eight engineers sued SpaceX and chief executive Elon Musk on Wednesday, claiming they were fired illegally after raising concerns about accusations of sexual harassment and discrimination at the company. The group says it had distributed a letter in 2022 calling Musk a "distraction and embarrassment" and urging other executives...

Kanye's Ex-Assistant Sues Him for Sexual Harassment

Lauren Pisciotta alleges rapper sent her vulgar texts, pictures, and videos, then fired her

(Newser) - Kanye West is being sued again , this time by his former executive assistant. Per TMZ , Lauren Pisciotta, an OnlyFans model who started working for the rapper in 2021, alleges West approached her a year after he hired her and requested she delete her OnlyFans site to be more "God...

Report Alleges Diddy Was Violent While in College

'Rolling Stone' airs new allegations

(Newser) - A six-month Rolling Stone investigation has unearthed new allegations against the hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, including that he publicly beat a girlfriend while a student at Howard University in the late 1980s. Combs allegedly attacked the woman outside her dorm, in view of her friends. One witness said...

Miss USA Lets It Rip in Resignation Letter

She accuses CEO and President Laylah Rose of creating a toxic work environment

(Newser) - We no longer have to read between the lines to understand why Miss USA Noelia Voigt suddenly resigned this week . The first title holder in the pageant's history to voluntarily step down accuses Miss USA CEO and President Laylah Rose of disparaging her and ignoring a case of sexual...

Intelligence Panel Criticizes CIA Over Sexual Misconduct Cases

Lawmakers say new law legislation will increase transparency

(Newser) - A congressional committee Monday criticized the CIA's handling of sexual misconduct allegations in its ranks, saying victims have been deterred from coming forward and were aware of "little to no accountability or punishment for the perpetrators of the assaults or harassment." After interviewing more than two dozen...

Famous WWII Pic Once More a 'Political Lightning Rod'

Memo said Eisenstaedt's V-J Day pic 'The Kiss' would be pulled from VA venues; VA chief says no

(Newser) - The Veterans Affairs secretary has reversed a department memo that aimed to ban VA displays of the iconic "V-J Day in Times Square" photograph of a Navy sailor kissing a woman he didn't know on the streets of New York at the end of World War II. Secretary...

Real Housewives Star: Cohen Asked Me to Watch Him Have Sex

Brandi Glanville details allegation in response to sexual assault claims

(Newser) - Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville has made a claim of sexual harassment against Andy Cohen, the show's executive producer. In 2022, an "obviously inebriated" Cohen sent Glanville a video message stating "his intention to sleep with another Bravo star that night while thinking...

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