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Company Cuts Gambling, Strippers From Perk List

Company Email: Strippers
Are No Longer Free

Company Email: Strippers Are No Longer Free

Under Armour adapts to the #MeToo world

(Newser) - Note to Under Armour employees: Your strip-club bills will no longer be reimbursed. That's among the changes at the Baltimore-based sports apparel company amid reports of top execs' chauvinistic behavior—including parties with go-go dancers and strip-club outings with athletes and co-workers, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Our...

Silverman: CK
Masturbated in
Front of Me, With
My Blessing

Oct 23, 2018 7:51 AM CDT

Silverman: CK Masturbated in Front of Me, With My Blessing

Sarah Silverman is already walking back her new tale of her old friend

(Newser) - "Can you love someone who did bad things?" That was the query Sarah Silverman posed a year ago when her longtime pal, fellow comic Louis CK , got caught in the #MeToo maelstrom after admitting he'd masturbated in front of women. On Monday, on Howard Stern's SiriusXM show,...

Here's What the First Lady Thinks of #MeToo

Melania Trump
on #MeToo:
I Support
Women, But...

Oct 10, 2018 12:34 PM CDT

Melania Trump on #MeToo: I Support Women, But...

'We need to have hard evidence,' first lady says in new interview

(Newser) - The first lady offers her thoughts on the #MeToo movement in a new interview with ABC News' Tom Llamas set to air in its entirety Friday night. "I support the women and they need to be heard. We need to support them, and also men, not just women,"...

She Made Her Son the Face
of #HimToo. He Pushes Back

Oct 9, 2018 11:05 AM CDT

She Made Her Son the Face of #HimToo. He Pushes Back

'We all have crazy parents,' says Pieter Hanson, who says he supports the #MeToo movement

(Newser) - President Trump said Brett Kavanaugh was the victim of a "hoax." Conservative commentators said he wasn't the only one, using the hashtag #HimToo to paint men as victims of a feminist witch hunt, per Wired . University of Central Florida student Pieter Hanson unknowingly became the face of...

Rose McGowan: I Didn't Call #MeToo Campaign 'a Lie'

Rose McGowan:
I Spent 20 Years
'Plotting Revenge'
for Weinstein

Oct 8, 2018 7:56 AM CDT

Rose McGowan: I Spent 20 Years 'Plotting Revenge' for Weinstein

Actress also blasts Hollywood 'losers,' denies she called #MeToo 'a lie'

(Newser) - On Wednesday, Rose McGowan commemorated the anniversary of #MeToo, "one of the hardest years of my life" and "a year of triggering for so many." As for the movement itself, an interview in the Sunday Times Magazine over the weekend painted the 45-year-old actress as coming down...

Trump on 'Wacky' Al Franken:
He Folded 'Like a Wet Rag'

Oct 5, 2018 9:23 AM CDT

Trump on 'Wacky' Al Franken: He Folded 'Like a Wet Rag'

President made his remarks at Minnesota rally Thursday night

(Newser) - It's been almost a year since Al Franken left the Senate after sexual misconduct allegations were lobbed against him by several women, and it's been nearly that long since President Trump last tweeted about the former Minnesota senator. On Thursday night, however, Trump paid a visit to Franken'...

Cristiano Ronaldo Denies 2009 Rape: 'Fake News'

Ronaldo Accuser: He Raped Me,
Said He's 'Usually a Gentleman'

Oct 1, 2018 7:41 AM CDT

Ronaldo Accuser: He Raped Me, Said He's 'Usually a Gentleman'

Lawsuit brought by Kathryn Mayorga says soccer star sodomized her in Las Vegas hotel

(Newser) - "She was supposed to be invisible, damned to silence. … Her name is Kathryn." That's how this weekend's Der Spiegel article starts, and it's about Kathryn Mayorga, a 34-year-old American who filed a lawsuit Friday against Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, accusing him of raping...

Rose McGowan
to Asia Argento:
Sorry for My
'Serious' Mistake

Sep 28, 2018 8:24 AM CDT

Rose McGowan to Asia Argento: Sorry for My 'Serious' Mistake

Argento has (kind of) accepted McGowan's apology over text messages

(Newser) - Ever since Asia Argento found herself in hot water , she and fellow #MeToo activist Rose McGowan have been embroiled in a bitter back-and-forth. Now, per the Guardian , McGowan is apologizing to Argento, noting that an Aug. 27 statement she put out had a quite "serious" error. "I said...

Busy Philipps Reveals
She Was Raped as a Teen

Sep 27, 2018 4:57 PM CDT

Busy Philipps Reveals She Was Raped as a Teen

She made the revelation in solidarity with Christine Blasey Ford

(Newser) - As Christine Blasey Ford testified Thursday about her claim that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the early 1980s, Busy Philipps shared her own sexual assault story, People reports. The 39-year-old actress and talk show host posted a photo of herself on Instagram with the caption: "...

Here's What Kavanaugh's
3rd Accuser Alleges

the rundown

Sep 26, 2018 12:55 PM CDT

Here's What Kavanaugh's 3rd Accuser Alleges

Julie Swetnick's sworn declaration is released by Michael Avenatti

(Newser) - Michael Avenatti on Wednesday tweeted a copy of a sworn declaration from Julie Swetnick—the third woman to accuse Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. In it, she describes meeting Kavanaugh and Mark Judge—friends so close they were "joined at the hip"—around 1980 or 1981 at a...

Judi Dench 'Can't Approve'
of Kevin Spacey's Treatment

Sep 26, 2018 10:10 AM CDT

Judi Dench 'Can't Approve' of Kevin Spacey's Treatment

Are we going to cut anyone who misbehaves out of films, she wonders

(Newser) - Count Dame Judi Dench as a Kevin Spacey supporter, despite the sexual misconduct allegations against the actor. Ridley Scott cut Spacey's scenes out of All the Money in the World after the scandal broke, replacing Spacey with Christopher Plummer, and on Tuesday, Dench said she "can't approve,...

Lawmaker Quits Election
After Daughter's Claims

Sep 23, 2018 10:45 AM CDT

Lawmaker Quits Election After Daughter's Claims

Republican Jim Knoblach is accused of touching her inappropriately for years

(Newser) - A Minnesota legislator ended his reelection bid Friday amid accusations he's been inappropriately touching his daughter for years. Republican state Rep. Jim Knoblach denies allegations by his daughter, Laura Knoblach, but MPR News reveals efforts in recent years to both probe and conceal the eight-term representative's alleged behavior....

Kavanaugh Accuser
Decides About Testifying

updated

Sep 22, 2018 2:30 PM CDT

Kavanaugh Accuser Decides About Testifying

Christine Blasey Ford will testify, but wants to negotiate details

(Newser) - The woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a decades-old sexual assault has accepted a Senate committee's request to tell her side next week but Christine Blasey Ford wants to resume negotiations over the exact terms of her appearance, her lawyers said Saturday, the AP reports. It was...

Ousted #MeToo Editor
Has Someone to Blame

Sep 22, 2018 1:45 PM CDT

Ousted #MeToo Editor Has Someone to Blame

Ian Burama speaks up about leaving the New York Review of Books

(Newser) - The former editor-in-chief of the New York Review of Books—who abruptly left his post after running an essay by #MeToo villain Jian Ghomeshi—has given an interview with a Dutch publication blaming his downfall on Twitter and university publishers, the Guardian reports. "As editor of the New York ...

GOP Congressman
Makes 'Inappropriate'
Joke About RBG,
Lincoln

Sep 21, 2018 7:15 AM CDT

GOP Congressman Makes 'Inappropriate' Joke About RBG, Lincoln

SC rep Ralph Norman's 'groping' humor isn't going over well

(Newser) - "Scattered nervous laughter" was the first response to a joke a GOP congressman made during an election debate in South Carolina on Thursday, notes Roll Call . But disgust and "condemnation" took over afterward toward what some called an "inappropriate" reference to sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court...

Anita Hill Offers
Advice to Senators

OPINION

Sep 18, 2018 11:21 AM CDT

Anita Hill Offers Advice to Senators

Have a neutral investigation done, and don't rush

(Newser) - The Senate Judiciary Committee has invited Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, to testify on Monday . Too soon, writes Anita Hill in the New York Times . In an op-ed offering senators advice on how to proceed from her unique perspective, Hill suggests that senators first employ a neutral,...

Kavanaugh:
My Accuser
Is Wrong

Sep 17, 2018 10:35 AM CDT

Kavanaugh: My Accuser Is Wrong

Kellyanne Conway says the woman should not be ignored or insulted

(Newser) - Brett Kavanaugh doubled down Monday on his denial of a sexual misconduct allegation going back to his high school days. "This is a completely false allegation," Kavanaugh said in a statement cited by CNN . "I have never done anything like what the accuser describes—to her or...

After Decades of Silence,
Soon-Yi Previn Speaks

INTERVIEW

Sep 17, 2018 6:21 AM CDT

After Decades of Silence, Soon-Yi Previn Speaks

Woody Allen's wife blasts Mia Farrow in controversial 'New York' interview

(Newser) - One person we haven't heard from in decades "as controversies tumbled around her": Soon-Yi Previn, wife of Woody Allen and adopted daughter of Mia Farrow. "No more," writes Daphne Merkin in a piece in New York that's attracting plenty of attention—and backlash. Previn details...

Early 'MeToo' Villain Tells
His Tale, Sparks Backlash

Sep 15, 2018 3:45 PM CDT

Early 'MeToo' Villain Tells His Tale, Sparks Backlash

Former radio host Jian Ghomeshi says he was 'probably a sexual bully'

(Newser) - "There are lots of guys more hated than me now. But I was the guy everyone hated first." So writes Jian Ghomeshi in the New York Review of Books about the sexual-assault scandal that ruined his career, the Guardian reports. In a 3,500-word essay, the former Canadian...

Terry Crews Gets
'Accountability'
From Alleged
Assaulter

Sep 15, 2018 7:30 AM CDT

Terry Crews Gets 'Accountability' From Alleged Assaulter

Actor posts apology from agent Adam Venit after announcement of Venit stepping down from WME

(Newser) - Terry Crews long ago got his apology from the Hollywood agent he says groped him at a 2016 party. Now he's sharing Adam Venit's atonement letter, which Crews says he received in March, with the world. On Twitter Friday, Crews posted the full letter , in which Venit notes...