slapped with claims of sexual abuse by a woman who alleges he assaulted her in London on six separate occasions in two days. He was released on unconditional bail Monday after denying the allegations and has a provisional trial date set for Jan.
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Constance Wu is digging up trauma she buried for a long time.
Wu is preparing to release her book of essays titled, Making a Scene. The actress (“Crazy Rich Asians”, “Fresh Off the Boat”) opens up about being raped by an “aspiring novelist” named Ty early in her career. Wu and Ty engaged in intimacy after their second date but Ty ignored Wu’s requests to stop.
“I felt a twinge of warning in my gut, but I ignored it — he didn’t look threatening or shady in any way, and if you had been there, you would have agreed,” Wu writes in an excerpt published by Vanity Fair. “Some people might say that I should have fought back against Ty.
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“But if I could go back in time, I wouldn’t change how I reacted that night. Because when I think about the girl I was back then, I understand what she was going through.”
Wu understand that her younger self was not ready to expose the incident.
“She wasn’t yet ready to bear the insults and derision that follow when women make scenes,” Wu writes. “And I wouldn’t make her do something before she was ready.”
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Wu, now an established star following the gargantuan success of 2018’s “Crazy Rich Asians’, had a jolting flashback,
“I started to find success in my acting career — giving me a front-row seat to Hollywood’s latent sexism and misogyny,” Wu says. “I’d just woken up from a nap when the realization hit me like a flood… Ty raped me. He raped me, and I hadn’t done anything about it.”
Making a Scene will be released on Oct. 4.
slapped with claims of sexual abuse by a woman who alleges he assaulted her in London on six separate occasions in two days. He was released on unconditional bail Monday after denying the allegations and has a provisional trial date set for Jan.
Being Mortal. Murray adds his name to a long list, especially since this month alone, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Paul Haggis and Danny Masterson are all on trial facing various allegations of sexual misconduct. New details about Bill Murray’s suspension from the Searchlight Pictures film have emerged from a recent report from Puck.
Nearly six months ago, film fans were shocked to learn that production on Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut, “Being Mortal,” was shut down due to allegations of misconduct against Bill Murray. Shortly after the news broke, Murray came out and took responsibility for what he described as a joke that he thought was funny but “it wasn’t taken that way.” Since then, production has yet to restart on the film and people have been wondering when it might start up again.
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Musician Rex Orange County has been charged with six counts of sexual assault.
Paris Hilton is sharing more disturbing details about her experience at Provo Canyon School.
Paris Hilton is speaking up about being sexually assaulted while attending Provo Canyon School.
The Sun reports.The singer first emerged onto the music scene in 2017 with his first single “Best Friend.”He later appeared on two tracks from Tyler, the Creator’s 2017 Grammy-nominated album, “Flower Boy” before releasing his debut album, “Who Cares,” in March this year.After the release of his album, the singer announced his debut tour. But in July, he was forced to hit the brakes on touring, telling fans that it was “with a great deal of sadness” he had to cancel “due to unforeseen personal circumstances” his Australia, New Zealand, and Europe dates.“I am having to spend some time at home this year and I will not be able to continue with touring as planned,” he wrote at the time.
Rex Orange County has been charged with six counts of sexually assaulting a woman in London.As first reported in The Sun, the musician, whose real name is Alexander James O’Connor, is accused of assaulting the woman on six occasions between June 1 and 2. He allegedly assaulted the woman twice in London’s West End, once in a taxi, and three times at his home in Notting Hill, according to the outlet.He appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London earlier today (October 10), where he pleaded not guilty to all charges.O’Connor is set to provisionally face trial on January 3, 2023.A representative for the musician told Pitchfork: “Alex is shocked by the allegations which he denies and looks forward to clearing his name in court.
NME interview of O’Connor described him as “a really rather nice young man, adding, “the world that Alex O’Connor has built around himself is one of joy, calmness and understanding.”The Sun first reported this story.
Me Too is staying quiet following Politico's decision last week to publish details of a Republican congressional nominee's sexual assault without her permission. Fox News Digital reached out to the organization to ask what it thought about the outlet's profile of Indiana GOP congressional candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green that detailed her sexual assault, and to ask if they think it is ever appropriate for the press to out a victim of sexual assault.
Ethan Shanfeld English pop singer Rex Orange County, whose real name is Alexander O’Connor, has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman on six separate occasions in London. The 24-year-old artist appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday to deny the allegations. After pleading not guilty to all six charges, O’Connor was released on unconditional bail. A provisional trial date has been set for Jan. 3, 2023. O’Connor allegedly assaulted the woman twice in the West End on June 1 and four additional times the next day, once in a taxi and three times at his home in Notting Hill.
ABC 7. “She intends to testify at his trial in order to seek some measure of justice for survivors, and as part of her life’s work to improve the lives of women.
Harvey Weinstein‘s next trial is kicking off this week.
Jennifer-Ruth Green, the Republican candidate in the race to represent Indiana's 1st Congressional District, is livid after Politico published details about her sexual assault while in the military, without her permission, and blames her opponent for "illegally" obtaining the information. But now she's ready to speak out. In a profile of Green's career and candidacy in the Indiana congressional race, Politico reporter Adam Wren used the documents, which the outlet claimed "were obtained by a public records request and provided to Politico by a person outside the Mrvan campaign" to report last week that "an Iraqi serviceman sexually assaulted her by grabbing her breast and exposing himself" when "she and a small group of officers visited the national training center." Speaking exclusively to Fox News Digital about the piece from Politico, Green said her political opponent, Rep.
Kevin Spacey’s lawyer told a jury Thursday that a sexual misconduct allegation that derailed his theatrical career was the product of a young actor’s inability to tell the difference between real life and a scene he played on Broadway eight times a week.
The co-executive producer of popular US comedy series Scrubs has been charged with 18 counts of sexual assault. Eric Weinberg, 62, is said to have “relied on his Hollywood credentials” to lure young women to photo shoots where he is alleged to have assaulted them, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney.The charges stem from alleged incidents involving five different women in the years between 2014 and 2019.
EJ Panaligan editor Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced on Wednesday that television producer Eric Weinberg has been charged with 18 counts of sexually assaulting five women between the period of 2014 and 2019. The “Scrubs” co-executive producer and writer is out of custody after posting a $5 million bond. The 62-year-old Weinberg was charged with six counts of sexual penetration by use of force, four counts of oral copulation, three counts of forcible rape, two counts of sexual battery by restraint and one count each of assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury, attempted sexual penetration by use of force and false imprisonment by violence.
Sharing her story. Constance Wu is opening up about her rocky experience starring on Fresh Off the Boat — including her criticized reaction to the show being renewed for a sixth and final season.
Note: The following contains spoilers for “God’s Creatures” and a discussion about sexual assault.“God’s Creatures” directors Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer felt an urgency to investigative the unspoken normalcies surrounding sexual assault in A24’s latest psychological drama.“There were these questions that the script was posing that felt like questions we had been asking about how you negotiate these unspoken ‘normalcies’ that needs to be questioned,” Holmer told TheWrap during a recent interview. “It felt urgent to us to make.”Set in an Irish fishing village, “God’s Creatures” reunites Aileen, played by Emily Watson, with her son, Brian, played by Paul Mescal, who left the area as a boy to move to Australia, and comes home a man seeking fresh start.