Every time someone in Hollywood is accused of sexual assault, the normal reaction from people is to lambast the perpetrator and offer support and comfort for the victims. But in the case of “Master of None” star Aziz Ansari, the opposite happened. Ansari was accused by a 23-year-old woman named ...
One after one, gymnasts and other accusers of a former sports doctor stepped forward in a Michigan courtroom Tuesday to recount the sexual abuse and emotional trauma they say he inflicted on them as children, including one who warned that girls eventually “grow into strong women that return to ...
Zepnick acknowledged kissing the female accuser but said some reported details about the incident were inaccurate and exaggerated, including one in which the anonymous accuser said Zepnick, according to the Capital Times, “put his tongue and lips on my mouth and face without my consent.”.
A celebrity committing sexual assault is, of course, worthy of news coverage, but note the publication in which Ansari's accuser told her story, Babe, did not defend the account's news value by pointing to the assault charge. "It's newsworthy because of who he is and what he has said in his standup, what ...
A 23-year-old Brooklyn photographer's account of a night with comedian Aziz Ansari has provoked both ire and solidarity across the internet. Whoopi Goldberg and her co-hosts on The View are the latest media celebrities to add their two cents defending Ansari. The photographer, who used the ...
According to a report from TMZ, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has confirmed that it has launched an investigation into sexual battery allegations against Seal. The accuser is actress Tracey Birdsall, who told her story to TMZ and explained that she was Seal's neighbor in Los Angeles in ...
Banfield then delivered a minimizing account of what she described as "an overly amorous date" and then proceeded to blame the accuser—who is referred to as Grace—for not leaving after trying to deflect Ansari's repeated advances. Banfield's statement got even more baffling when she went on to ...
During a medical privacy issues hearing Tuesday in the case, defense attorney Jeff Van Volkenburg told the court that state DNA test results found no evidence on the male accuser to associate the suspects to the alleged crime. The two other defense lawyers in the case, Jason Gain and Ryan Shreve, ...
Canadian HLN reporter Ashleigh Banfield is doubling down on her criticism of Aziz Ansari's accuser, telling ET Canada the anonymous woman isn't a victim. “Frankly I don't consider Grace – not her real name – a victim. I think she victimized everybody else. I think she's young and perhaps doesn't ...
Chrissy Teigen has offered to pay McKayla Maroney's potential fine off if she testifies against Larry Nassar, the now defamed Team USA Women's Gymnastics team doctor. Nassar has been accused of criminal sexual misconduct by 140 women, including Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, and ...
