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Hershel Walker’s ex to hold press conference with recordings after abortion claims rocked Senate race

Comes ahead of the 6 December runoff.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court turns away school's appeal of sex-assault case

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a Virginia school board that says it shouldn’t be held liable for the alleged sexual assault of a student by a classmate on a band trip

The Independent UK

Prosecution rests case at Harvey Weinstein sex assault trial

Prosecutors in Los Angeles have rested their case in the trial of Harvey Weinstein

The Independent UK

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Beauty Pageants, National Security, and Pseudonymity

Jane Doe works for the Defense Intelligence Agency; when she was an intern at the DIA, she competed in the Miss United Nations pageant, but as Miss China; according to the Complaint in Doe v. Austin, Uncertainty about her employment … led her to be a late entrant. By the…

Reason

Federal Court Blocks Texas Prosecution of Netflix Over Cuties

Judge Michael Truncale (E.D. Tex.) issued a preliminary injunction, including against pending prosecutions, concluding that the film is likely fully constitutionally protected, and that the prosecutor's theory that it contains child pornography is likely unsound. Federal courts generally abstain from blocking pending state prosecutions, under the so-called Younger abstention doctrine.…

Reason

Jennifer Siebel Newsom testifies at Los Angeles rape trial of Harvey Weinstein

Wife of California governor claims that disgraced Hollywood mogul raped her in 2005 when she was a struggling actor looking for career advice

The Guardian - US

Rape lawsuit against Trey Songz dismissed over statute of limitations

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday dismissed a $20 million lawsuit accusing Trey Songz of rape after the singer argued the complaint was not valid under a statute of limitations.

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Second woman to claim Herschel Walker paid for her abortion says he told her she wouldn’t be ‘safe’ without it

A woman identified only as Jane Doe tells Good Morning America she decided to come forward after the Republican Senate nominee’s denial

The Independent UK

Woman who alleged Herschel Walker paid for her abortion: "I felt threatened"

"I thought I had no choice," she said.

Axios

Court Adopts Narrow Approach to Pseudonymity in Title IX Wrongful-Discipline Cases

A federal judge suggested that plaintiffs can sue as John Does only to the extent that identifying them would also identify nonparties who want to remain anonymous (such as the students who accused the plaintiffs of sexual misconduct).

Reason

Second woman says Ga. Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker paid for abortion

An anonymous woman said Walker was a "hypocrite" for running an anti-abortion campaign after allegedly pressuring her to terminate a pregnancy.

WEKU

New abortion allegations for Walker

The unnamed woman claims that the abortion took place in 1993 and that Walker was married at the time

Salon

Herschel Walker faces abortion allegation from 2nd accuser

A woman has come forward to accuse Herschel Walker, the anti-abortion Republican running for U.S. Senate in Georgia, of encouraging and paying for her 1993 abortion

The Independent UK

Second woman emotionally describes how Herschel Walker made her have an abortion: ‘A complete hypocrite’

The woman is the second to come forward alleging Mr Walker urged a woman to have an abortion

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The Guardian - US

Second woman says Herschel Walker pressured her to have abortion

Lawyer Gloria Allred introduces woman as Jane Doe who alleges anti-abortion candidate drove her to a clinic in the 1990s

Reason

Ninth Circuit Confirms that District Courts Can Enforce Expansive Restitution Agreements

The general federal restitution statute grants statutory authority to district courts to award restitution to crime victims to the extent provided in a plea agreement.

WEKU

Mel Gibson can testify at Harvey Weinstein sexual assault trial, judge says

The actor and director can testify about what he learned from one of Harvey Weinstein's accusers, a judge ruled Friday in the rape and sexual assault trial of the former movie mogul.

The Independent UK

Mel Gibson can testify at Harvey Weinstein trial, judge says

A judge has ruled that Mel Gibson can testify about what he learned from one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers

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Sports Illustrated

NFL Releases Statement Addressing New Deshaun Watson Lawsuit

A 26th lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct was filed against the Browns quarterback Thursday.

Reason

District Court in Title IX Sexual Assault Case Rejects One-Sided Pseudonymity

"Plaintiff has sought to avail herself of the protections of anonymity (without prior Court order), all the while single-handedly precluding the Named Defendant from the ability to avail himself of similar protections."

Los Angeles Times

'I lost everything': Tiffany Haddish says child sex abuse lawsuit upended her career

LOS ANGELES — After an unnamed woman dropped her child sex abuse lawsuit against comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears on Tuesday, Haddish said there's been a weight lifted off her shoulders.

Los Angeles Times

Woman who accused Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears of child sexual abuse drops lawsuit

LOS ANGELES — Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears are no longer facing a child sexual abuse lawsuit filed earlier this month, the Los Angeles Times has confirmed.

Los Angeles Times

Complaint alleges DeMario Jackson, once the center of a 'Bachelor' scandal, raped 2 women

LOS ANGELES — DeMario Jackson, whose behavior on the "Bachelor" franchise led to a misconduct investigation, has been accused of raping two women.

Los Angeles Times

San Francisco faces civil rights lawsuit over woman's arrest based on DNA from her rape kit

A San Francisco woman whose DNA from a sexual assault examination was used by police five years later to arrest her in connection with an unrelated property crime, spurring a backlash and attempts to ban the practice, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city.

Los Angeles Times

'I'm having a bad week': Aries Spears brushes off child sexual abuse allegations

Aries Spears has personally denied the child sexual abuse allegations leveled against him and fellow comic Tiffany Haddish.

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