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Latest news and features on sexual harassment and assault, including accusations of misconduct and developments in the #MeToo movement.
Automatic right to screens in Hong Kong courts that spare complainants from having to face the accused would encourage victims of crime to come forward, and enhance justice.
The Women’s Workplace Index will track company policies and data on maternity leave, equal pay and flexible work, as well as their efforts to fight harassment and other issues while offering an accreditation scheme that makes data available online.
While authorities should promote safe internet practices for the young and vulnerable, parents can strengthen the first line of defence by staying vigilant about their children’s online activities.
Initiation ceremonies are in the spotlight again with the arrest of a University of Hong Kong student for alleged indecent assault.
Kiss for player after Spanish Women’s World Glory has turned into a crisis and become a #MeToo moment for the sport.
- Ruling by state Court of Appeals that has ordered a new trial reopens painful chapter in the US’ reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures
- The reversal is the second major #MeToo setback in the last two years, after Bill Cosby’s conviction was overturned
Man accused of raping 19-year-old woman at Regal Hongkong Hotel on Yee Wo Street
Hundreds of users allegedly had their private information, including HIV status, shared with third parties without consent, London law firm Austen Hays said on Monday.
New York prosecutors portrayed US$130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels as a criminal effort to deceive voters when Trump was facing other accusations of crude sexual behaviour.
Police say they were alerted by reports about man suspected of luring young women to his flat since 2017.
In a recent conversation with The Standard UK, the 59-year-old musician criticised a number of today’s biggest pop stars, including Taylor Swift, Madonna, Lana Del Rey and Beyoncé
Andrew Malkinson, 58, had his conviction quashed last July by appeal court after DNA evidence linked another suspect to the rape. Malkinson said that while he felt vindicated, apology is ‘too little too late’.
Chambers is speaking up about her ex-husband Hammer in her anticipated new reality TV series: ‘My children are visibly happy. They should think that their dad is a superhero’
The sport’s top-paid coach has led her teams to 4 national championship wins – but she has also been called a homophobe, and appeared callous in the face of Brittney Griner’s detention
A man in China’s capital, who was pursued and pestered in public by a woman he did not know says harassment can happen to anyone.
Cheung Chun-hong sneaked into female bathroom stall at school last year while dressed in uniform, before pupils discovered him and phone he had planted.
‘Devil’s advocate’ Dershowitz worked on Trump’s acquittal in his first impeachment trial, and defended Mike Tyson after his conviction for rape – but he regrets taking Jeffrey Epstein on as a client
Donald Trump is being investigated over his role in hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. Jury selection expected to resume on Tuesday.
Bruce Lehrmann, a staff member in a previous government, brought a defamation suit against Australian media company Network Ten after it aired an interview with his accuser in 2021.
Trump called his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen and porn star Stormy Daniels ‘two sleaze bags who have, with their lies and misrepresentations, cost our Country dearly!’ on his Truth Social platform.
Ní Leannáin said she felt like a ‘rabbit in the headlights’ when the demand was made by Dublin Airport security.
New chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission Linda Lam says social atmosphere has become more peaceful following reopening of borders.
Matt Lauer and his girlfriend Shamin Abas were recently spotted at Don Lemon and Tim Malone’s wedding – so what do we know about the woman dating the disgraced TV host?
Journalist Shiori Ito’s documentary Black Box Diaries is a soul-baring examination of her sexual assault by a high-profile journalist and her fight for justice that pushed the #MeToo movement in Japan.
Donald Trump faces 34 counts of allegedly falsifying business records for paying ‘hush money’ to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election to cover up a sexual encounter.
Woman, 28, has accused assistant professor of multiple indecent assaults, police source says.
Trump said he favours exceptions for cases of rape, incest and saving life of the mother. Call for national ban could have hurt his chances in states likely to determine November election.
Several child stars have made deeply troubling allegations about the network’s staff on the show itself or following its release, though Amanda Bynes and Ariana Grande, who also worked with those people, have stayed silent
Bartender Grace O’Marcaigh said Christian ‘King’ Combs pressured her to drink tequila and attempted to force her to perform oral sex in 2022.
Officers have arrested 13 suspects in the city, among the 272 rounded up in operation with law enforcement in Australia, Singapore, South Korea and UK.
The girl and her mother were placed under police protection soon after the marriage, as Ghana’s attorney general opened an investigation.
Salim Berrada invited women he met online to modelling photo shoots and assaulted them during the encounters, most after spiking their drink.
Schneider has apologised for his past behaviour after the release of new docuseries Quiet on Set – but what exactly are the controversies relating to his tenure at the network?
