MeToo accused Kevin Spacey is set to be charged with four counts of sexual assault and one charge of penetrative sex without consent in the UK, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Dalit activist Mrudula Devi, who earlier accused actor Vinayakan of verbal harassment, has now condemned the misogynistic remarks on #MeToo that he made during the press meet of Oruthee.
Actor Vinayakan, who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, has been criticised for his misogynistic comments at a press meet organised by the team of the recently-released Malayalam film Oruthee, on Wednesday.
Following the recent demise of the octogenarian Kathak exponent Birju Maharaj on January 17, several #MeToo allegations about the late dancer and others in Indian classical dance circles have surfaced on social media.
The Madras High Court, on Thursday, passed a temporary order restraining filmmaker-poet Leena Manimekalai and director Susi Ganesan from publicly discussing their respective stances in their ongoing legal battle over the #MeToo sexual harassment allegations raised by Leena against Ganesan.
Filmmaker-poet Leena Manimekalai said that she felt unsafe and declared that if anything untoward were to happen to her, filmmaker Susi Ganesan who she accused of sexual harrasment, is to be blamed.
The Supreme Court, on Friday, refused to interfere in the order of the Madras High Court directing the release of Tamil filmmaker Leena Manimekalai’s passport, Live Law reported. This is part of the legal battle that Leena has been fighting against filmmaker Susi Ganesan, whom she named as her harasser during the #MeToo movement.
Kevin Spacey, who played Frank Underwood in House of Cards, will pay nearly $31 million to the show’s producers, MRC Entertainment, for breaching the company’s policy on sexual harassment, according to a People report.
The Madras High Court observed on Wednesday that filmmaker-poet Leena Manimekalai’s passport could not be impounded on the mere basis of a criminal defamation case being pending against her. Justice M Dhandapani, who heard the case, further directed the Regional Passport Office in Chennai to release Leena’s passport.
Leena Manimekalai has finally received a favourable verdict in her passport impoundment case, one of the legal battles she has been fighting after naming filmmaker Susi Ganesan as her harasser during the #MeToo movement.
Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, who moved the Madras High Court to quash her passport impoundment order, has to wait longer as the passport authorities who were supposed to file a counter affidavit on Thursday, failed to do so, Leena’s advocate Abudu Kumar Rajarathinam told Silverscreen India.
Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, whose passport was recently impounded as part of the ongoing legal battle with filmmaker Susi Ganesan, whom she accused of sexual harassment, tweeted on Monday that Ganesan has now written to York University in Canada, where Leena is pursuing her filmmaking course, telling them to cancel her student visa.
Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, who accused director Susi Ganesan of sexual harassment, and had her passport impounded recently based on a petition from the latter, has filed a writ petition with the Madras High Court to quash her passport impoundment.
The passport of Tamil filmmaker Leena Manimekalai’s who accused filmmaker Susi Ganesan of sexual harassment, has been impounded, Leena’s counsel V.S. Senthil Kumar confirmed to Silverscreen India on Friday.
Harvey Weinstein, the 69-year-old American film producer serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York state prison, has once again been indicted for a sexual assault charge that was dismissed by a Los Angeles judge one week ago, Deadline reported.
Harvey Weinstein, the 69-year-old American film producer serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York state prison for several sex crimes, pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of alleged sexual assault related to five women at a court in California on Wednesday, BBC reported.
Appearing before a Los Angeles courtroom in a wheelchair on Wednesday, Weinstein maintained his innocence saying all incidents related to the allegations were consensual.
Harvey Weinstein, the 69-year-old American film producer serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York state prison for sex crimes, will soon be extradited to face sexual assault charges in Los Angeles after a New York judge made a ruling to that effect on Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Harvey Weinstein, the American film producer serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York state prison, filed an appeal on Monday on his conviction of rape and other sex crimes claiming that he did not receive a fair trial, CNBC reported.
Director P Virumandi, who is currently working on a Tamil biopic starring director and actor M Sasikumar, lashed out at this reporter when asked why he thought it was appropriate to collaborate with Vairamuthu, the lyricist who multiple women have accused of harassment.
Richa Chadha, the actor who is awaiting the release of her Hindi film Madam Chief Minister, spoke about working with the film’s director Subhash Kapoor, who was accused of sexual misconduct during the #MeToo movement, and said that she doesn’t believe in media trials.
MJ Akbar, former External Affairs Minister, on Tuesday made his final submission to a Delhi court, which is hearing the case of criminal defamation against senior journalist Priya Ramani, reported Bar and Bench.
After facing backlash over a recent comment on the #MeToo movement, actor Mukesh Khanna on Sunday posted a video on social media and stated: “I am not against women working”.
Singer Chinmayi Sripada on Tuesday took to Twitter to share an account of sexual harassment by lyricist Vairamuthu, adding to the number of cases of #MeToo movement in the Tamil film industry against the lyricist.
On Friday, Silverscreen India published a long-form article comprising the accounts of women who accused poet-lyricist Vairamuthu of sexual harassment. The article dwelled upon his sordid modus operandi and how he still continues to be revered by the industry despite knowing these ‘open secrets’ for years.
Harper Collins recently announced the release of its latest book, My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell. The novel talks about sexual abuse, but, covers a lot of grey areas since the book is told in flashback about a 32-year-old woman who is forced to revisit her first sexual relationship.