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Max Peck wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:30 pm

Zarathud wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 5:48 pm Workers at a factory or wood shop saying (and doing) inappropriate stuff? Completely (not) shocking!

So you're saying that you can't expect to work in a wood shop without occasionally being raped?

Zarathud wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:51 pm Not what I meant and not what happened. I watched the video.

Employee after a work party did inappropriate things with a non-employee. NOT at the company. A friend of the unhappy partner was saying things about it at work (rumor mongering). The company let both employees go because of the workplace drama.

Doug the owner is stupid because he thought reacting to it on WyrmLife and being outraged about getting the company’s reputation trashed was the right move (his “truth” was they did nothing wrong and didn’t know enough to call the police). The optics of who was talking on the video were terrible, as Doug has no tact and Bobby oozes bro vibes.

I’ve worked on a manufacturing lines where women workers were openly talking about their sex lives, picking fights with each other and harassing the young college men temporarily in shipping for the summer. My mom can tell similar stories.

Max Peck wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:13 am

Zarathud wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:51 pm Not what I meant and not what happened. I watched the video.

Employee after a work party did inappropriate things with a non-employee. NOT at the company. A friend of the unhappy partner was saying things about it at work (rumor mongering). The company let both employees go because of the workplace drama.

Doug the owner is stupid because he thought reacting to it on WyrmLife and being outraged about getting the company’s reputation trashed was the right move (his “truth” was they did nothing wrong and didn’t know enough to call the police). The optics of who was talking on the video were terrible, as Doug has no tact and Bobby oozes bro vibes.

I’ve worked on a manufacturing lines where women workers were openly talking about their sex lives, picking fights with each other and harassing the young college men temporarily in shipping for the summer. My mom can tell similar stories.

And all the rest of it (in the article, not the deleted video) is perfectly normal and acceptable?

TheMix wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:16 am He even explained why he wasn't surprised. Are you trying to pick a fight?

TheMix wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:16 am Not sure why you keep pushing that. He said he wasn't surprised or shocked. That does not mean that he thinks it's either "normal" or "acceptable". He even explained why he wasn't surprised. Are you trying to pick a fight?

Notably, a fellow inmate told investigators that prison guards walked on "eggshells" around Epstein and the inspector general's report identified a series of irregularities in treatment, including hours-long attorney meetings, unrecorded phone calls and the excess bedding materials, which he ultimately used to hang himself.

In one instance, on the night before he died, staff allowed Epstein to place an unrecorded phone call after he asked to call his mother. Rules required such calls to be placed on a recorded and monitored line and investigators later established Esptein's mother was deceased at the time. Still, a unit manager said he escorted Epstein to a phone and dialed a number for him. After a male answered, according to the report, the manager handed the phone to Epstein and left "because his shift had ended."

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:52 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:49 pm Deadline

Danny Masterson will face charges of rape, a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge ruled Monday.

Deadline

The jury in the former That ’70s Show star’s trial say they were unable to reach a verdict on any of the three criminal counts that Masterson faced.

The six-man/six-woman panel informed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo on Wednesday afternoon that they were stuck. “After thorough and considerable discussion, it is clear that we as jurors are adamant about maintaining our individual positions on each of the three counts,” the jurors said in a letter read aloud by Olmedo. Soon after, the judge formally declared a mistrial, something the defense has sought almost since Day 1 of testimony back in late October.

A retrial date of March 27 has been penciled in. and Masterson remains free on bail of $3.3 million. A hearing on next steps set for January 10.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles said the rapes occurred in 2003 while Masterson, now 47, was starring in the hit sitcom "That '70s Show."

Unagi wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 3:47 pm I could just be not remembering correctly - but I don't think I've ever seen a 'life' sentence for rape before (that wasn’t involving a minor)

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 5:16 pm

In his resignation to the charity, Thorn, Kutcher said his support letter was an "error in judgement".
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In a resignation letter directed to the board of Thorn and posted online, Kutcher said his decision to step down from the board is "rooted in the recognition of recent events".

"After my wife and I spent several days of listening, personal reflection, learning and conversations with survivors and the employees and leadership at Thorn, I have determined the responsible thing for me to do is resign as chairman of the board, effective immediately," Kutcher said in the resignation letter.

"I cannot allow my error in judgment to distract from our efforts and the children we serve," he added.

Established by Kutcher and ex-wife Demi Moore in 2012, Thorn focuses on combatting sexual exploitation of children.

Russell Brand has postponed his remaining U.K. comedy shows following the publication of multiple sexual abuse allegations against him over the weekend.

Brand was accused of sexual and emotional abuse by four women in a joint investigation by the Times of London, The Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches. The comedian turned wellness influencer denied the allegations, saying that all of his relationships have been consensual.
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The Times of London, The Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches spoke to four women, one of whom said she had a three month relationship with Brand when she was 16 years old.

That woman, who identified as Alice, said Brand was 31 at the time and alleged that he forced her to perform oral sex. Brand did not stop until she punched him in the stomach, she told The Times.

She also alleged that although she was of legal consenting age in the U.K., Brand guided her on how to present their relationship to her family and to save his contact under a different name. She also told The Times she reached out to Brand's literary agency in 2020 with her allegations.

Tavistock Wood Management Agency said Sunday that they dropped Brand as a client, adding that they were "horribly misled" by him.

Another woman, who was identified by the name Nadia, accused Brand of raping her at his Los Angeles residence in 2012. She said Brand invited her to the home after they'd had consensual sex once before, but on this occasion wanted a "friend" to join them, according to The Times.

When she refused, Brand held her against a wall and raped her, Nadia alleged.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 2:34 am Maybe we should just start a list of celebrities who aren't awful.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 6:12 pm

Jurors deliberated for five full days before finding Maxwell guilty of five of six counts.
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Maxwell still awaits trial on two counts of perjury.

Maxwell’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, said on NewsNation’s Cuomo that Maxwell has “nothing to say” about the impending release of names—but that the former socialite takes issue with the fact that the only person facing consequences over the rampant sex trafficking of young girls is a woman. “I don’t think she has anything to talk about except maybe that if you look at this crime, this overall crime, it’s all about men abusing women for a long period of time… and it’s only one person in jail—a woman,” Aidala said.

Hundreds of pages of unsealed documents from a lawsuit connected to accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein were publicly released on Wednesday. The documents are expected to include nearly 200 names, including some of Epstein’s accusers, prominent businesspeople, politicians and potentially more.

This is the first set of documents to be unsealed as part of a December 18 court order; more are expected as part of the order.

CNN is now reviewing the documents.

Zarathud wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:30 pm I expect defamation litigators are lining up their clients in preparation.

Victoria Raverna wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:39 pm So which famous people's names are in there other than Clinton, Gates and Trump?