NEW YORK (AP) — New York's Metropolitan Opera said Saturday it will open an investigation into allegations that its longtime conductor, James Levine, sexually abused a man three decades ago beginning when the man was a teenager. Levine's accuser, now middle-aged, contacted the police ...
The accuser, who at the time was hoping for a career in music, told police the conductor had invited him to audition for him in New York and then encouraged him to engage in sexual “experimentation.” He also said that his relationship with Levine extended well into adulthood and that the composer ...
Detroit – An attorney representing one of the women alleging sexual harassment by U.S. Rep. John Conyers says the House Ethics Committee investigating the congressman has agreed to subpoena her client. Attorney Lisa Bloom says in an emailed letter to Ethics Committee Chief Counsel Tom Rust ...
A gossip writer says disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein tried to recruit him to pose as an author to get dirt on the women who accused him of sexual assault. Appearing on Heather McDonald's “Juicy Scoop” podcast, former New York columnist A.J. Benza said that in December of last year, ...
The House joined the Senate this week in mandating sexual harassment training for all members and staff in an effort to combat apparent wide spread sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill. Yet, studies have shown that training is not substantially effective at minimizing rates of harassment. Other bipartisan ...
The firm said that the accuser and a current staff member declined its interview requests, and while the five involved in the settlement – former House Speaker Jeff Hoover, GOP Reps. Jim DeCesare, Brian Linder and Michael Meredith and Chief of Staff Ginger Wills – spoke to investigators, they “refused ...
DETROIT (AP) — An attorney representing one of the women alleging sexual harassment by U.S. Rep. John Conyers says her client is expected to testify before the House Ethics Committee. Lisa Bloom tells The Associated Press Friday that she and Marion Brown hope the testimony sometime next ...
Top executives at NBC News learned two other news outlets were working on articles about sexual misconduct involving former TODAY co-host Matt Lauer several weeks before the accuser came forward. When asked directly about misconduct, Lauer said he “couldn't think of anything at all.
If a member is accused of something like sexual harassment or assault, the process of allegedly dealing with it starts with a 30-day “cooling-off” period, during which an accuser has to continue going to work while being counseled about workplace rights. That is followed by a 15-day waiting period during ...
