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The LAPD is searching for potential victims of Dr. Hajhosseini, who allegedly used job recruiting sites to target women. LAPD / X“Though he is charged with assaulting a single victim, investigators believe there are other victims who have yet to come forward,” the LAPD said. Hajhosseini voluntarily took a polygraph exam, which he passed.”Hajhosseini was arrested on Nov. 26 and released days later after posting a $2 million bond. On Friday, Hajhosseini was formally charged with multiple counts of drug-induced rape and rape of an unconscious person. “Hajhosseini used job recruiting websites and offered high hourly wages to locate and entice potential victims,” the LAPD said.

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☆ 12 women sue FBI over alleged failure to protect them from Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Nicki Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The FBI’s “repeated and continued failures, delays and inaction” allowed Jeffrey Epstein to continue his sex trafficking operation for more than 20 years, 12 alleged victims claimed in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The lawsuit also says they support the unredacted release of FBI documents regarding Epstein, claiming the files are still largely sealed. “During the FBI investigation, the FBI was complicit in permitting Epstein and coconspirators to continue to victimize Jane Does 1-12 and other young women,” the lawsuit said. The FBI was notified the bank handled more than $1.1 million in payments from Epstein to women or girls, the lawsuit claimed. However, the FBI allegedly received additional tips and reports concerning sex abuse following the 2008 plea deal.

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☆ Ex-producer Harvey Weinstein faces sentencing for Los Angeles rape conviction
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LOS ANGELES, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan who came to epitomize a culture of pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men that ignited the #MeToo movement, is to be sentenced on Thursday for the 2013 rape of an actress in Los Angeles. Whatever sentence is pronounced should be served once the former movie producer and Miramax co-founder has completed the 23-year sentence imposed for a sexual misconduct conviction in New York, prosecutors argued in their sentencing memorandum. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench declared a mistrial on the deadlocked charges. The producer of "Pulp Fiction" and "Shakespeare in Love" was convicted of sexual misconduct in New York in February 2020, and extradited from New York to a Los Angeles prison in July 2021. In New York, Weinstein is appealing his conviction and prison sentence.

LOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault but acquitted of one count of sexual battery after a trial in Los Angeles, nearly three years after the disgraced movie mogul was convicted at a watershed sex crimes trial in New York City. In the Los Angeles trial, jurors found Weinstein guilty of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual penetration by foreign object. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón thanked the jurors for their service and hailed the accusers who came forward. In opening arguments, Los Angeles prosecutors portrayed Weinstein as a relentless sexual predator who lorded his status as “the most powerful man in Hollywood” over the women he abused. Daniel Arkin reported from New York, Diana Dasrath reported from Los Angeles.

☆ Harvey Weinstein trial: Closing arguments slated to begin in 2nd rape trial
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Cheri Mossburg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Los Angeles CNN —Closing arguments are expected Wednesday in the Los Angeles sexual assault trial against former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who faces two counts of forcible rape and five counts of sexual assault involving four women – a model, a dancer, a massage therapist and a producer. Those alleged incidents are not being charged as part of this case because they happened outside of Los Angeles County. Siebel Newsom described an hours-long “cat-and-mouse period” that preceded her assault. “What you’re doing today is exactly what he did to me,” Siebel Newsom said, accusing defense lawyer Mark Werksman of “mental jujitsu” and verbal manipulation. Midway through the trial, four of the original 11 charges against Weinstein tied to a fifth Jane Doe were dropped without explanation.

Harvey Weinstein will not take the stand at his sex crimes trial in Los Angeles, where he is charged with seven counts of rape and sexual assault, his lawyer said Monday. Los Angeles prosecutors rested their case before the Thanksgiving break, following nearly four weeks of testimony from 44 witnesses. The trial in Los Angeles took on higher stakes for prosecutors after the New York State Court of Appeals agreed in August to allow Weinstein to appeal his conviction there. If it is overturned, his fate would hinge on the outcome of his Los Angeles trial. The charges against Weinstein in Los Angeles are two counts of rape and five other sexual assault counts.

He is now on trial in Los Angeles Superior Court and had been facing 11 charges of rape and sexual assault. Werksman also asked Siebel Newsom to explain "dozens" of emails she sent to Weinstein in the years following her encounter. In one of the emails, Siebel Newsom thanked Weinstein for inviting her and her husband to a pre-Oscars party. Siebel Newsom responded that she was afraid of Weinstein and felt a need to be nice to him. He was extradited from New York to a Los Angeles prison in July 2021.

When she arrived, Weinstein had no interest in discussing her projects, Siebel Newsom said. Siebel Newsom said Weinstein got her onto a bed, though she cannot recall if he carried or dragged her there. Siebel Newsom's attorney confirmed in October that Siebel Newsom would testify in the case. At the time of the meeting with Siebel Newsom, she had not met her future husband, current California Gov. In cross-examination, Weinstein attorney Mark Werksman questioned Siebel Newsom about why her husband had accepted campaign donations from the producer.

☆ COP27 talks on climate compensation not yet ready to agree new fund - EU
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Talks at the COP27 climate summit about how to compensate developing countries for the damage caused by climate change are not yet ready to decide on a new funding mechanism, a European Union negotiator said on Friday. EU negotiator Jacob Werksman said that he hoped for substantive outcomes from the COP27 summit that went beyond process, but also said the talks were not ready to agree on a single funding solution. "We don't think that this process is ready to agree in principle that a new fund or facility is the right or the only way forward," he told a news conference. "But we are not excluding that and couldn't exclude that as a significant part of the conversation." Reporting by Kate Abnett and William James; Editing by Alex Richardson and Chizu NomiyamaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ These are the women expected to testify against Harvey Weinstein at his second sexual assault trial
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Jane Doe 1 was a model and actress who was married, had three children and was living in Italy in 2013. Jane Doe 1 then went to the police in October 2017 because she promised her daughter she would, she testified. Jane Doe 2Weinstein is charged with sexual battery by restraint of Jane Doe 2 on or about February 19, 2013, in Los Angeles County. Jane Doe 3Weinstein is charged with sexual battery by restraint of Jane Doe 3 on or about May 11, 2010. He said that Jane Doe 3 gave him four additional massages after the alleged assault.

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