A former Uber software engineer filed a lawsuit against the company today in the Superior Court of California, accusing it of retaliating against her for after she reported sexual harassment and discrimination. The complaint by Ingrid Avendaño, who worked at Uber from 2014 to 2017, alleges that Uber’s workplace “was permeated with degrading, marginalizing, discriminatory and […]
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Asia Argento: ‘I was raped by Harvey Weinstein here at Cannes’
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Asia Argento closed out her 2018 Cannes Film Festival experience with a powerful speech about Harvey Weinstein.
On Saturday, while on-stage presenting with director Ava DuVernay at the festival’s closing ceremony, Argento spoke of her past Cannes experiences, telling the audience that Weinstein — who’s been hit with accusations of sexual harassment and assault from more than a dozen women, including Argento — had previously raped her there.
“In 1997, I was raped by Harvey Weinstein here at Cannes,” Argento bravely said into the microphone. “I was 21 years old. This festival was his hunting ground. I want to make a prediction: Harvey Weinstein will never be welcomed here ever again. He will live in disgrace, shunned by a film community that once embraced him and covered up for his crimes.” Read more…
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View More Asia Argento: ‘I was raped by Harvey Weinstein here at Cannes’Uber ends policy of forced arbitration for individual sexual assault claims
In a major policy change, Uber has announced it’s ending mandatary arbitration for individual claims of sexual assault or sexual harassment by Uber drivers, riders or employees. It is also ending the requirement that victims sign a confidentiality provision preventing them from speaking about the sexual assault or sexual harassment they suffered — saying survivors will […]
View More Uber ends policy of forced arbitration for individual sexual assault claims82 women walked this year’s Cannes red carpet in protest, calling for gender equality in the film industry
Cate Blanchett and Agnès Varda led a women’s march on the Cannes red carpet. The 2018 Cannes Film Festival is the first to happen after the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations came out and the 82 women participating in the protest called fo…
View More 82 women walked this year’s Cannes red carpet in protest, calling for gender equality in the film industrySalma Hayek: Weinstein only responds to claims from women of color, as they’re ‘easiest to get discredited’
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Salma Hayek has spoken out against Harvey Weinstein’s denials of sexual abuse against herself and actress Lupita Nyong’o, saying he hadn’t responded to any other actresses’ claims in the same way because they were both women of color.
Hayek spoke on the #MeToo movement and the fallout from accusations against disgraced producer Weinstein on Sunday as part of the Kering ‘Women in Motion’ talks at Cannes Film Festival, in a live-streamed interview at the Majestic Hotel.
Hayek publicly accused Weinstein of sexual harassment and abuse in December 2017, in a harrowing op-ed published in The New York Times. The Oscar-winning actress called Weinstein “her monster,” after his treatment of her on the set of 2002’s Frida — an accusation Weinstein denied. Read more…
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Accused of sexual assault, New York attorney general suing Harvey Weinstein resigns
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UPDATED: May 7, 2018, 6:48 p.m. PDT with information about New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s resignation.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who recently filed a civil suit against Harvey Weinstein, has himself been accused of physically abusing women.
He announced his resignation just hours after the New Yorker published the accounts of four women, who said Schneiderman assaulted them within the contexts of their romantic relationships and encounters.
“In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me,” he said in a statement. “While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time. I therefore resign my office, effective at the close of business on May 8, 2018.” Read more…
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Jeffrey Tambor confirmed for ‘Arrested Development’ Season 5
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Jeffrey Tambor will reprise his role as George Bluth in Season 5 of Netflix’s Arrested Development. Tambor was fired from Amazon’s Transparent earlier this year after allegations of sexual harassment on set.
A Netflix spokesperson confirmed Tambor’s return to Entertainment Weekly. The latest season of Arrested Development finished filming around when allegations against Tambor first came up.
A few of Tambor’s costars commented on the matter, ranging from David Cross’s “We stand behind Jeffrey” to Jason Bateman’s “I will always love that man” to Alia Shawkat saying, “It’s not about sharing my personal opinion of him. What those victims said needs to be heard just as much.” Read more…
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View More Jeffrey Tambor confirmed for ‘Arrested Development’ Season 5Women alleging sexual assault by Uber drivers asked to be freed from forced arbitration
A group of women alleging sexual violence from Uber drivers have sent an open letter to the company’s board, asking to be released from the mandatory arbitration clause in the Uber app’s terms of service. The letter was posted on the website of Wigdor LLP, a New York law firm that filed a class action […]
View More Women alleging sexual assault by Uber drivers asked to be freed from forced arbitrationTom Brokaw accused by 2 women of inappropriate behavior
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Tom Brokaw, the longtime NBC News anchor, was accused of inappropriate behavior in the 1990s by two female former colleagues, according to a Washington Post report released on Thursday.
One of them, Linda Vester, was a correspondent in her 20s when the alleged incidents happened. She told the Post he made two inappropriate advances on her. Once, Brokaw tried to forcibly kiss her, she said.
“I met with Linda Vester on two occasions, both at her request, 23 years ago, because she wanted advice with respect to her career at NBC,” he said in a statement provided by NBC to the Post. “The meetings were brief, cordial and appropriate, and despite Linda’s allegations, I made no romantic overtures towards her, at that time or any other.” Read more…
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View More Tom Brokaw accused by 2 women of inappropriate behaviorThe #MeToo men are getting their comeback tours. The women they hurt won’t be.
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Just months after they were publicly exposed, the men of #MeToo would like to announce that they’ve served their sentences on their time out stools, and are ready to return to the playground.
The list is long. Garrison Keiller, accused of “dozens of offenses” over a period “of years,” plans to bring back two of his radio shows, and public access to his past shows have been reopened. (Oh, and he’s on tour.) Meanwhile, Matt Lauer, who not only harassed women but also allegedly assaulted at least one of them, has reportedly left his Hamptons mansion-cell and is ready to rejoin society — he’s been seen lunching in Manhattan. Mario Batali is supposedly “eyeing his second act” after reportedly abusing multiple women over the years, whether by harassing or physically groping them. Read more…
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View More The #MeToo men are getting their comeback tours. The women they hurt won’t be.Molly Ringwald’s ‘New Yorker’ essay is a powerful must-read
In an extremely personal essay for The New Yorker, actress Molly Ringwald wrote about revisiting her teen classic The Breakfast Club with her daughter, and about how we reexamine stories in the post #MeToo era.
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Hootsworth helps you address sexual harassment and other workplace issues
Harassment is clearly an issue everywhere. Hootsworth, founded by harassment legal expert Janine Yancey, is launching today to provide a resource and tool for employees and employers to address harassment and other workplace issues. “For a long time now I’ve seen that the current structure is not designed to get great results on either side […]
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