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☆ Vince McMahon and WWE accused of allowing 'rampant' sexual exploitation of young boys by announcer in new lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Vince McMahon and the WWE have been accused of knowing about and failing to stop the sexual exploitation of young boys by a ringside announcer, in a lawsuit filed on behalf of five alleged victims Wednesday. NBC News has contacted the McMahons, TKO and the WWE for comment; none have so far responded or commented on the case publicly. The suit alleges that Phillips would abuse the claimants in his dressing room while filming it with a video camera. The suit accuses the McMahons of long knowing of Phillips’ “peculiar and unnatural interest” in young boys. "Thanks to the bravery of our clients, we finally have a chance to hold accountable those who allowed and enabled the open, rampant sexual abuse of these young boys," he said.

Persons: Vince McMahon, McMahon, Linda McMahon, Melvin Phillips Jr, Phillips, DiCello Levitt, Murphy, John, Greg Gutzler, Janel Grant, ”, Mr, Grant, Marci Hamilton Organizations: WWE, Wrestling Entertainment, Holdings, NBC News, Falcon, Netflix, Child USA Locations: Baltimore County, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, Janel, Maryland

☆ Trump's lawyers say an accuser's sexual-assault testimony should have been tossed because the incident was aboard an airplane
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Leeds' allegations weren't part of Carroll's accusations, but the trial judge allowed her testimony because they demonstrated what Carroll's lawyers argued was a pattern of behavior by Trump. "It's very hard to overturn a jury verdict for evidentiary grounds," he said. Sauer argued that Trump's case was "a textbook example" of a case wrongly propped up by propensity evidence rather than Trump's actual conduct. LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty ImagesShe also jabbed at Habba's earlier claims that she might have some kind of conflict of interest with the trial judge, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan. Presidential immunity played a role in earlier court fights in the Carroll case.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Jean Carroll, John Sauer, Jessica Leeds, Trump, Sauer, Denny Chin, Roberta Kaplan, Leeds, defaming Carroll, Alina Habba, Kaplan, Carroll, Todd Blanche, Emil Bove, Boris Epshteyn, Joshua Katz, CHARLY TRIBALLEAU, Getty Images Carroll, Bergdorf Goodman, Blanche, Bove —, Harvey Weinstein's, Susan Carney mused, Marci Hamilton, LEONARDO MUNOZ, Lewis Kaplan, Kamala Harris, Bove, Juan Merchan, she'd Organizations: Service, Republican, Business, Leeds, Circuit, Trump, Getty Images, US, University of Pennsylvania, Getty, Democratic Locations: Manhattan, Leeds, AFP, New York, Washington, DC, New, United States

☆ Trump will mimic Harvey Weinstein's successful appeal to fight his own sexual-assault verdict Friday. It won't be as easy.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The judge who oversaw the trial later said: "Trump 'raped' her as many people commonly understand the word 'rape.'" AdvertisementBut the lawyers who won Weinstein's appeal told Business Insider that what worked for their client probably wouldn't work for Trump. In the May 2023 verdict, the jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation and awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. In the second trial, earlier this year, a separate jury said Trump owed Carroll an additional $83 million in defamation damages. AdvertisementInstead, it needed to find it was "more probable than not" that Trump sexually assaulted Carroll, a standard far more common in civil cases.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Trump, Jean Carroll, Harvey Weinstein, John Sauer, he'll, Carroll, Sauer, It's, Weinstein, Barry Kamins, Kamins, Marci Hamilton, Goodman, Lewis Kaplan, Jessica Leeds, Natasha Stoynoff, Brittainy Newman, Diane Kiesel, Stoynoff, you've, Kaplan, Roberta Kaplan, Roberta Kaplan's, Jane Rosenberg Trump's, Arthur Aidala, shouldn't Organizations: Service, Business, Appeals, 2nd, Mar, New York state's, Trump, Hollywood, Child USA, New, Leeds, York state's, Stoynoff, New York Law School, REUTERS Locations: Manhattan, Lago, New York, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Aidala, York, Leeds, Bergdorf's, Carroll, Carroll's, Hamilton

☆ Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman Supreme Court justice, dies
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Ariane De Vogue | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who blazed trails as the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, has died, the court announced Friday morning. O’Connor inspired generations of female lawyers – including the five women who served after her nomination on the high court. O’Connor stepped down from the court in 2006 to care for her husband who was ailing from Alzheimer’s disease. Key vote on abortion, affirmative action, Bush v. GoreDuring her tenure, the court for a time was known informally as the “O’Connor Court” because she served as the deciding vote in so many controversial cases. O’Connor was well aware of the symbolism of her place in history as the first female justice.

Persons: Sandra Day O’Connor, O’Connor, John Roberts, ”, Ronald Reagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, George W, Bush, Samuel Alito, William Rehnquist, John O’Connor, “, ” O’Connor, James Forman, ’ ” Forman, Gore, Casey, Donald Trump’s, O’Conner, Marci Hamilton, ” Hamilton, Alito, Roe, Wade Organizations: CNN, ”, Stanford University, Stanford Law School, Maricopa County Superior Court, of Appeals, University of Michigan, Supreme Court, Republican Locations: Arizona, Maricopa County

☆ Special Report: Boy Scouts, Catholic dioceses find haven from sex abuse suits in bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Kristina Cooke Mike Spector Benjamin Lesser Dan Levine Disha Raychaudhuri | Kristina Cooke | Mike Spector | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +19 min

The Boy Scouts, for instance, said on a website the group set up for restructuring that it launched a “comprehensive noticing campaign” in the media. He sought compensation in the Boy Scouts bankruptcy in June, long after a deadline of November 16, 2020 for filing claims. The Boy Scouts bankruptcy reorganization plan, approved by a judge in September, halts all lawsuits against the Boy Scouts, local councils, churches and other organizations that chartered scouting activities. His case was halted by the Boy Scouts bankruptcy. Later that year, in August, he filed his lawsuit against defendants including a Boy Scouts local council and DeSandre.

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