Hollywood sex abuse
R. Kelly back in court to face further sex crimes charges
In the Chicago case, Kelly and two ex-associates are accused of rigging the singer's 2008 child pornography trial in which the jury delivered a verdict of not...
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Singer R. Kelly gets 30 years in jail over sex crimes
The sentence, stiffer than the 25 years in prison that prosecutors had sought, caps a long downfall for the 55-year-old former superstar.
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Bill Cosby sex assault case starts in California
The case is the latest in a raft of legal actions against 84-year-old Cosby, who was once one of the most popular performers on US television.
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Snoop Dogg sued for sex assault
The self-styled gangsta rapper, who is due to play Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, is alleged to have forced the unnamed woman to perform oral sex on him in 2013 while he was filming the 'Snoop Dogg's Double G News Network' television show.
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Evan Rachel Wood says Marilyn Manson raped her during video shoot
Wood made the allegations - which Manson denies - in 'Phoenix Rising', an HBO documentary premiering at the Sundance film festival on Sunday.
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'Sex and the City' star Chris Noth denies rape allegations
Noth - who recently reprised his role as Mr Big in the show's sequel 'And Just Like That...' - told AFP that his encounters with the women in 2004 and 2015 were "consensual."
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Denouncing Weinstein 'didn't help me': Asia Argento
Argento's revelations four years ago that she had been raped by the US producer in 1997 at the age of 21 set off a wave of allegations across the film industry and far beyond.
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Prosecution rests case in R. Kelly sex trafficking trial
The singer, who reigned over the 1990s and early 2000s, has for decades faced accusations of sexual misconduct but was only tried once on child pornography charges, proceedings that saw him acquitted.
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Harvey Weinstein denies sex crime charges in Los Angeles
Weinstein, the producer of smash hits including 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Shakespeare in Love', is already serving a lengthy jail term in New York for rape.
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Man alleges R. Kelly promised career boost for sex
In bombshell testimony Monday, the now 32-year-old man said that he became associated with Kelly's entourage and pleaded guilty in 2021 to attempting to bribe a woman who would potentially testify against the musician.
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R. Kelly considered self 'genius' who could act with impunity
"He could put the fear of God in me very quickly," she said, saying she performed sex acts because "I didn't feel like I had a choice," saying she'd suffered past abuse both at home and by a former boss. She also said she feared what the singer would do with their sex tapes.
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R Kelly accuser says singer choked her when she was 16
Jerhonda Pace, now 28, wept as she read aloud from a journal entry describing how Kelly slapped her, saying 'If I lied to him again, it's not going to be an open hand next time.'
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'Predator' R. Kelly groomed girls for decades, trial hears
The 54-year-old is charged with racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping, bribery and forced labour between 1994 and 2018.
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Bob Dylan sued for allegedly sexually abusing girl in 1965
The lawsuit filed Friday alleges that Dylan abused the plaintiff, referred to in court documents as J.C., over a six-week period between April and May 1965.
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Jury selection to begin in R. Kelly sex abuse trial
Kelly, 54, faces charges in a US court in Brooklyn including racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping, bribery and forced labour. They span from 1994 to 2018.
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Harvey Weinstein appeals sex crimes conviction
Lawyers for Weinstein, found guilty last year in a landmark verdict for the #MeToo movement, said in a New York court filing that the 'Pulp Fiction' producer was denied a fair trial.
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Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of 'horrifically' abusing her
The American actor, who began working in entertainment as a child, has in the past alleged abuse by an ex-partner whom she kept anonymous, but on Monday identified her abuser as 'Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson'.
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Weinstein charged with six new sex crimes counts in LA
These six new charges come in addition to others he is already facing. In total, Weinstein is accused in Los Angeles of either rape or sexual assault of five women.
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R. Kelly associates charged with intimidating singer's accusers
Prosecutors say three members of the artist's circle - Richard Arline Jr., Donnell Russell and Michael Williams - have been engaged in separate bids to silence Kelly's accusers in the New York racketeering case against him through intimidation, harassment and bribery.
