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The Schmooze ‘X-Men’ Director Bryan Singer Faces Rape, Child Molestation Allegations Spanning Decades
Bryan Singer, the director and producer behind many of the “X-Men” movies and the newly Oscar-nominated “Bohemian Rhapsody,” has been accused of sexual misconduct toward minors and accused of rape three times. Singer has denied each accusation and has never been charged with a crime. In a piece published in the Atlantic this week as…
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The Schmooze Louis CK, Remorseless: ‘I like to Jerk Off, And I Don’t Like To Be Alone’
“I have spent my long and lucky career talking and saying anything I want,” world-famous comedian Louis CK wrote in the New York Times in November 2017, in a statement acknowledging that he sexually harassed five women. “I will now step back and take a long time to listen,” he wrote. Just over a year…
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Opinion I Was Sexually Harassed On Bernie Sanders’ Campaign. And No One Cared.
The morning of the 2016 New York Democratic primary, a local voter named Ray came by Bernie Sanders’ South Bronx campaign headquarters where I was volunteering. He asked for a few T-shirts from the campaign. A few minutes later, in a back corner of the office where I had gone to fetch him the T-shirts,…
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The Schmooze How Many Men At CBS Had Heard That Eliza Dushku Was Sexually Threatened On Tape?
When giants like Harvey Weinstein and Les Moonves fall and the dust clears, has anything changed? A $9.5 million settlement reached in January 2018 by CBS and actress Eliza Dushku, who was fired after complaining of sexual harassment by a coworker, reveals — according to outside investigators — a culture of harassment and violation that…
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The Schmooze Woody Allen Allegedly Had A Relationship With A 16-Year-Old. Here’s Her Story.
In October 1976, Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” was a hit. The release of “Annie Hall” was just months away. And when a sixteen-year-old walked up to Allen in famed restaurant Elaine’s in New York City and dropped her number in his lap, he called. He was 41-years-old. Babi Christina Engelhardt spoke for the first time about…
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The Schmooze Les Moonves Loses $120M Severance After CBS Finds Sexual Misconduct, Coverup
It’s a strange day when feminists, muckrakers, and a gigantic corporation can all rejoice at once, but today is such a day. CBS announced that an investigation into sexual assault allegations against Les Moonves found that the ex-CEO committed widespread sexual misconduct and misled investigators. As a result, he will be fired as well as…
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The Schmooze ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Star Yael Stone Accuses Geoffrey Rush Of Sexual Misconduct
Yael Stone told the New York Times that while they were co-stars in a play in 2010 and 2011, the then 59-year-old Geoffrey Rush exposed himself to the then 25-year-old Jewish actress, sent her sexual text messages and once watched her shower. In a statement to the New York Times Rush denied the claims, saying…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Spokesman Resigns After Sexual Misconduct Allegations
JERUSALEM (JTA) — David Keyes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s U.S.-born foreign press spokesman, resigned Wednesday several months after allegations of sexual misconduct were reported in the U.S. and Israeli press. The accusations, made by a number of women, including then-New York State Senate candidate Julia Salazar, dated back to Keyes’ time as a human rights…
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