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Deal reached to settle two sexual misconduct lawsuits filed by multiple women against jailed former Hollywood mogul. The announced settlement, which lawyers representing six of the women called a 'complete sellout', still must be approved by a federal judge and a bankruptcy court [EPA] An agreement has been reached to settle for nearly $19m in two sexual misconduct lawsuits on behalf of multiple women against imprisoned former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, attorneys said. The settlement, which still must be approved by a federal judge and a bankruptcy court, would resolve a lawsuit filed against Weinstein, his production company and his brother in 2018 by the New York Attorney General's office. "After all the harassment, threats, and discrimination, these survivors are finally receiving some semblance of justice," James said on Twitter.It would also bring an end to a separate class-action lawsuit brought in 201

Former Senate staffer who alleged ex-vice president assaulted her in 1993 says she'll take a polygraph if he also would. Democratic US presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden has denied wrongdoing Tara Reade, who has accused United States presidential hopeful Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993, said she wanted the politician to be "held accountable" and called on him to drop out of the race for the White House. Reade said in March Biden, the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee, sexually assaulted her in a Capitol Hill corridor 27 years ago when she was a 29-year-old aide in the then-Senator's Office. Biden, a former US vice president, denies the accusation. "Joe Biden, please step forward and be held accountable. You should not be running on character for the president of the United States," Reade said in her first on-camera interview, conducted by former Fox N

Biden says women who 'step forward deserve to be heard', but 'their stories should be subject to appropriate scrutiny'. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus on Thursday in Wilmington, Delaware Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday denied allegations by Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer, who said he sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s. "This never happened," Biden said in his public remarks on the allegation. The comments come at a critical moment for the presumptive Democratic nominee as he tries to relieve mounting pressure after weeks of leaving denials to his campaign. "I'm saying unequivocally, it never, never happened," the former vice president said in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe programme. Biden said he will ask the National Archives to determine whether there is any record of such a complaint being filed, but he said r

Highest court overturns conviction of former Vatican treasurer for sexual assault of two teenage boys in 1990s. Australia's highest court has overturned the child sex abuse convictions of former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell, depicted here in sketch from a June 2019 appearance at the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne  Canberra, Australia  - Australia's highest court on Tuesday quashed Cardinal George Pell's convictions for child sexual assault paving the way for the 78-year-old to be released from prison, a decision experts warned could further undermine survivors' trust in the court system. The judgement was read by Chief Justice Susan Kiefel to a near-empty High Court in Brisbane with only a handful of journalists and observers allowed inside due to coronavirus social distancing regulations. In a modern touch, the court tweeted and published its decision, which was unanimous, online. The High Court’s websit