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NEW YORK — Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein will not testify in his own defence at his rape trial, his lawyers said on Tuesday as they rested their case.

NEW YORK — A psychology professor called by the defence as an expert witness at the New York rape trial of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein testified on Friday that people’s memories can become distorted.

Hitmaker Dr. Luke has scored a big victory in court in his long-running legal spat with Kesha.

Comedian Louis C.K. has cancelled four shows in Texas, citing an “unforeseen family emergency.”

NEW YORK — The first defense witness in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial acknowledged on Thursday sending messages to the former producer in which he disparaged the “dog pile of actresses” who had accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct.

NEW YORK — A woman testified at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial on Wednesday that the film producer trapped her in a hotel bathroom in 2013 and masturbated in front of her while groping her breasts, and told her: “This is what all the actresses do to make it.”

NEW YORK — A onetime aspiring actress told a Manhattan jury on Friday that Harvey Weinstein invited her to his hotel room to read a movie script and then, after saying he was going to “do something for her,” the former Hollywood producer sexually assaulted her.

R. Kelly’s ex-girlfriend Azriel Clary has accused the disgraced singer of blackmailing his sexual assault victims into keeping quiet.

NEW YORK — A costume designer and former actress told jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial on Wednesday that the former producer groped her under her skirt and later propositioned her for sex in exchange for movie contracts.

NEW YORK — The former roommate of Mimi Haleyi, one of the women who has accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, took the stand on Tuesday in the former Hollywood mogul’s rape trial.

NEW YORK — Prosecutors on Monday portrayed former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as a serial predator who used his power to manipulate and sexually assault young women, while the defence argued that his accusers engaged in consensual sex that they later reframed as attacks.

NEW YORK — Actress Annabella Sciorra took the stand in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape trial on Thursday as prosecutors try to prove that the former Hollywood producer was a serial predator who sexually assaulted young women.

Cuba Gooding Jr. will stand trial on groping charges this spring.

Suspended Recording Academy chief executive and president Deborah Dugan has filed a legal complaint accusing its officials of sexual misconduct and voting corruption.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Oprah Winfrey explained her decision to step away from “On the Record,” an expose about sexual harassment in the music industry, including women who have accused mogul Russell Simmons of misconduct. The documentary, from filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, will premiere at Sundance on Jan. 25.

Ministry rocker Sinhue Quirin has been accused of having sex with minors before he joined the band.

Lawyers in Harvey Weinstein‘s New York rape trial finished selecting 12 jurors on Friday to decide the former Hollywood producer’s fate, as prosecutors renewed an accusation that the defence had unfairly tried to block white women from serving on the jury.

Lawyers for Bill Cosby on Thursday asked the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to hear his appeal of his 2018 sexual assault conviction, a month after a lower court rejected their argument that the disgraced comedian did not get a fair trial.

NEW YORK — Denying he was biased, the judge in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial on Thursday refused to remove himself from the high-profile case, rejecting an accusation by the former film producers’ lawyers.

Filmmaker Terry Gilliam is courting controversy after lashing out at the #MeToo movement, because he’s sick of white men taking the blame for “everything that is wrong with the world.”

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein arrived at a Manhattan court on Monday for the start of his landmark trial on charges of rape, allegations that helped fuel the #MeToo movement and a reckoning for powerful men accused of sexual misconduct.

Former Fox News star Courtney Friel has told all about the network’s late head Roger Ailes’ alleged harassment.

Damon Dash has claimed his ex-girlfriend Aaliyah was just “happy to be away” from R. Kelly after the pair split.

Kevin Spacey will head into 2020 with another legal issue behind him.

Danny Masterson wants to put a stop to this pending lawsuit accusing him of stalking and harassment, RadarOnline.com can exclusively report.

R. Kelly’s ex Dominique Gardner will open up about her relationship with the embattled singer for the first time in the new Surviving R. Kelly series.

Rap mogul Damon Dash is ending 2019 with a new legal woe — he has been accused of sexual battery by a top hip-hop photographer.

Harvey Weinstein will enter 2020 with another sex assault probe hanging over him.

Author and former Norwegian royal Ari Behn has died at 47.

Bombshell filmmaker Jay Roach was blown away by Charlize Theron’s dedication to nailing her role as Megyn Kelly in his new drama.