The Me Too Movement: The Sexual Harassment and Assault Thread

[Lily Adler]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Kanye West Sued for 'Pornographic Gagging' of Model on Video Set

Kanye West allegedly 'strangled' and 'rammed' his fingers down the throat of model Jenifer An during La Roux video shoot.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Sawyer]

From what I’m seeing, the lawyer bringing the charges against Jay Z seems kind of shady.

 

[Mani-Man]

The Music industry as a whole is a incredible toxic place and the messed up stuff we already know about, probably isnt even accounting for 15% of it all.
Jay Z for sure isnt innocent, at "best" he had sex with some underaged fan back in the day.

 

[blueharvest]

Don't forget he also made two albums with R. Kelly, long after everyone knew about his sexual assaults and whatnot.

 

[blueharvest]

The Music industry as a whole is a incredible toxic place and the messed up stuff we already know about, probably isnt even accounting for 15% of it all.
Jay Z for sure isnt innocent, at "best" he had sex with some underaged fan back in the day.

Makes me like Solange Knowles even more now, since she beat up Jay-Z in an elevator once.

 

[kguillou]

You can bet Beyonce's entire management team is begging her to get the Hell away from Jay ASAP. I think the two are gonna separate soon.

 

[blueharvest]

 

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[Lily Adler]

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

Paula Abdul settles sexual assault lawsuit against 'American Idol' producer Nigel Lythgoe

Paula Abdul has settled a sexual assault lawsuit against 'American Idol' producer Nigel Lythgoe. Read her statement.

www.scrippsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

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[blueharvest]

That ‘70s Show star Danny Masterson appeals against rape conviction

The actor, serving a 30-year sentence for two counts of rape, has questioned the plaintiffs’ credibility and claimed he didn’t receive a fair trial

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

That ‘70s Show star Danny Masterson appeals against rape conviction

The actor, serving a 30-year sentence for two counts of rape, has questioned the plaintiffs’ credibility and claimed he didn’t receive a fair trial

www.theguardian.com

Scientology couldn't save you.

 

[blueharvest]

Sean 'Diddy' Combs named in lawsuit alleging sexual assault at a 2006 'black party'

Diddy faced two new civil lawsuits Friday, including one in which he was accused of raping a Jane Doe before the fatal 1991 City College stampede.

www.usatoday.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Sawyer]

Whoa!

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine​

Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/media/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html

Last summer, as the release of "It Ends With Us" approached, Justin Baldoni, the director and a star of the film, and Jamey Heath, the lead producer, hired a crisis public relations expert.

During shooting, Blake Lively, the co-star, had complained that the men had repeatedly violated physical boundaries and made sexual and other inappropriate comments to her. Their studio, Wayfarer, agreed to provide a full-time intimacy coordinator, bring in an outside producer and put other safeguards on set. In a side letter to Ms. Lively's contract, signed by Mr. Heath, the studio also agreed not to retaliate against the actress.

But by August, the two men, who had positioned themselves as feminist allies in the #MeToo era, expressed fears that her allegations would become public and taint them, according to a legal complaint that she filed Friday. It claims that their P.R. effort had an explicit goal: to harm Ms. Lively's reputation instead.

There have long been figures behind the scenes shaping public opinion about celebrities — through gossip columns, tabloids and strategic interviews. The documents show an additional playbook for waging a largely undetectable smear campaign in the digital era. While the film, about domestic violence, was a box office hit — making nearly $350 million worldwide — online criticism of the actress skyrocketed.

"He wants to feel like she can be buried," a publicist working with the studio and Mr. Baldoni wrote in an Aug. 2 message to the crisis management expert, Melissa Nathan.

"You know we can bury anyone," Ms. Nathan wrote.

The effort to tarnish Ms. Lively appears to have paid off. Within days of the film's release, the negative media coverage and commentary became an unusually high percentage of her online presence, according to a forensic review she sought from a brand marketing consultant.

Ms. Lively — who is married to the actor and entrepreneur Ryan Reynolds of "Deadpool" fame, and is close with Taylor Swift — experienced the biggest reputational hit of her career. She was branded tone-deaf, difficult to work with, a bully. Sales of her new hair-care line plummeted.

"Is Blake Lively set to be CANCELLED?" read a Daily Mail headline one week into the attacks.

Mr. Baldoni, by contrast, emerged largely unscathed. This month, he was honored at a star-studded event celebrating men who "elevate women, combat gender-based violence and promote gender equality worldwide."

 

[Sawyer]

 

[blueharvest]