LOS ANGELES, March 4 -- Corey Feldman has defended the late Michael Jackson after viewing documentary Leaving Neverland, and is considering releasing a tape of the late star showing “the innocence” of their relationship. Former child star Feldman was prompted to speak out in defence of the late King of Pop after watching the much talked about HBO documentary in which director Dan Reed details Jackson’s alleged sexual molestation of James Safechuck and Wade Robson. Like them, Feldman also enjoyed a close relationship with Jackson as a teenager, but he insists he was never once the victim of any form of abuse. “#Neverland OK i watched it all i know is what i experienced, & yes every experience was the same....right up 2 the sex part! that is where it becomes lala land, instead of neverland 4 me. we never spoke about sex other than a few warnings about how sex was scary, & dangerous,” he began a series of tweets. “mj never once swore in my presence, never touched me inappropriately, & never ever suggested we should be lovers in any way! i feel like if ppl could hear our convos they would hear the innocence in them. no hint of perversion. i hav a tape, im thinkin about releasing, which could “giv ppl a real look @ what a 30 yr old man/child & a 13 yr old boy would discuss, so every1 could hear the innocence of r relationship (sic).” The Goonies actor went on to reiterate that he wasn’t present when Safechuck and Robson claim their abuse took place, but he did enjoy spending time at Jackson’s Neverland ranch in California, where the singer would sleep in a bedroom with young boys, at the same time as Safechuck. Feldman, who is in the process of exposing alleged paedophiles in Hollywood who he claims sexually abused him and others, concedes that the pair deserve to have their voice heard, but their versions of events don’t match up with the Jackson he knew. “most pedos r serial offenders. they dont hav self control. so given the opportunity which he certainly had w me & others, being alone, w no parents around, how did he control those urges so well, while so blatantly sexual w those 2 boys? it doesnt really fit the profile. but what motive besides $ do they hav? abandonment is a strong 1 (sic),” he wrote, adding he takes issue that Jackson, who died in 2009, has no way to defend himself. “i only hav my memories. and thank god 4 me, my memories of mj were mostly fond, aside from r 1 & only fight because he incorrectly feared i would turn on him, & make up lies. i never did. i never would! i pray those boys can sleep w that same clarity of consciousness! let god b thy judge!”
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These accusations, which were published in a number of investigative pieces in October 2017 by the New York Times and New Yorker, laid the groundwork for #MeToo to gain momentum in Hollywood. Barr, however, doesn't see eye-to-eye with some of these allegations.
SHANGHAI, February 12 -- In the summer of 2014, Zhou Xiaoxuan, then a 21-year-old living in Beijing, filed a report with the local police. She described what had happened the previous day when she had delivered a basket of fruit to one of China’s most prominent news anchors, Zhu Jun, in his dressing room. Zhou told the police that after she entered the room, the anchor had kissed her and groped her against her will. Two days later, the police contacted Zhou’s parents and persuaded them not to pursue action against Zhu and to not speak about the incident publicly. Zhou told friends what had happened to her, but the encounter—as do so many like it—remained a private matter, something for Zhou to contend with on her own. Four year later, the series of public sexual assault revelations that became the #MeToo movement in the U.S. in 2017 changed Zhou’s story. After seeing that an old friend living abroad had written a public post about being raped, Zhou decided to go public about her encounter with Zhu, posting her story on WeChat. An environmental activist named Xu Chao publicly shared Zhou’s 3,000-word post on the social media platform Weibo, and in two hours it went viral. The term “Zhu Jun” appeared on Weibo’s hot search list, which represents the most frequently searched key words on the platform, and was censored within hours. Zhou found herself catapulted into national prominence. Zhu (who has denied Zhou’s allegations) quickly sued her for defamation. Simultaneously, emboldened by an outpouring of support from other victims, Zhou sued Zhu for infringement of her right to personal dignity. Photographer Zhou Na spent time with Zhou, who goes by the nickname Xianzi, this past October to December, as she prepared for her court cases, managed media requests, corresponded with admirers and detractors, and grappled with both the symbolic and practical consequences of her decision to speak out. SEOUL, January 25 -- South Korea will steer away from medal-driven elite sports and pursue healthy sports values in the wake of a series of allegations of sexual abuse in the country's competitive and hierarchical sports. "We will not associate sporting success with national pride," Do said at a briefing in Seoul, announcing measures to prevent physical abuse and sexual assault in sports. The ministry will launch a nationwide investigation with the state human rights commission and the gender ministry to uncover sexual assault and human rights abuse in sports. It will meet some 63,000 young athletes across the country during a year-long probe on the country's closed and competitive sports community. The South Korean sports community has been hit by sexual assault and harassment revelations by female athletes against coaches and powerful figures in sports. "The government will also review the current system that rewards athletes who won at Olympic Games or world championships to see whether it instigates too much competition for international sporting success," he said. South Korea offers prize money to athletes who win gold medals at international games and exempts male winners from the country's mandatory military service. "We can't push athletes to extreme competition under the goal of advancing national pride and let human rights violations happen in the course. We will work to change the way we view sports," said Do. The government will consider closing the junior national sports competition, which they say encourages fierce competition at a young age. "The way young athletes train at a young age and develop their skills has exposed them to violence in the competitive training environment. We will review the current system thoroughly," said Education Minister Yoo Eun-hye, at the briefing. The government will also seek to revise the sports law within the first half of this year to strengthen punishment for sexual assault offenders, as well as those who attempt to conceal sexual abuse. It will also conduct a probe on the faculty of the Korea National Sport University, the nation's prestigious school in sport, which has been mired in allegations of sexual abuse and assault involving coaches and athletes from the school. TOKYO, January 10 -- A Japanese university student on Wednesday rejected an apology by a magazine over a report on how easy it was to coax female undergraduates into having sex after her online petition objecting to the article went viral. The weekly tabloid magazine, Spa!, caused outrage with an article in late December ranking five Japanese universities on how easy it was to persuade female students to have sex at drinking parties. Kazuna Yamamoto, an international relations student at the International Christian University in Tokyo, posted an online petition protesting about the article that received over 40,000 signatures in six days. The magazine apologised in the Japanese media over its "sensational language" but Yamamoto, 21, said she did not accept the gesture and wanted the article to be retracted. "They are missing the point," Yamamoto told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from Tokyo. "They are saying sorry for using misleading words but they are not apologising for the main idea itself ... how they are treating women and objectifying women," she said. "In Japan objectifying and sexualising women is still so normal that people don't really understand why it is a problem." Yamamoto said she has now joined forces with five others to press for fair portrayal of women in Japanese media. The magazine, which has a weekly circulation of about 108,000, said it was trying to highlight a trend where men pay female students to take part in drinking parties. A representative from publisher Fusosha Publishing, owned by Fuji Media Holdings, said the magazine has "expressed apology" and was ready to meet with Yamamoto. The latest controversy underscores Japan's record on gender equality, which it lags well behind other developed nations, ranking 110 out of 149 countries in the World Economic Forum's 2018 Global Gender Gap report. An investigation last year found a leading medical school in Japan cut women's entrance test scores to keep them out and boost the number of male doctors, sparking protests. LOS ANGELES, December 15 -- According to a new lawsuit, the mogul boasted of a relationship with the actress after sexually assaulting a woman in his office. Harvey Weinstein bragged about sleeping with Jennifer Lawrence while trying to force himself upon a woman in his office, court documents show. According to the latest lawsuit against the Hollywood producer, he boasted of a sexual relationship with the Oscar-winning star after forcibly performing oral sex on a young actress during a meeting in 2013. The unnamed woman claims that when she rejected his advances, Weinstein asked her: "Do you even want to be an actress? I slept with Jennifer Lawrence and look where she is; she has just won an Oscar." Lawrence has issued a statement denying that such an affair took place, adding: "My heart breaks for all the women who were victimised by Harvey Weinstein. "I have never had anything but a professional relationship with him. This is yet another example of the predatory tactics and lies that he engaged in to lure countless women." Weinstein - who denies all allegations of non-consensual sex - is said to have sexually assaulted the woman in his office after pushing her to the ground. She is suing both the 66-year-old movie mogul and The Weinstein Company - the production company he founded with his brother Bob in 2005 - for sexual battery and discrimination. The details emerged after a group of other Weinstein accusers attempted to block him from bringing his private emails into the public eye due to concerns over confidentiality. He has asked a bankruptcy court in Delaware to allow him to recover files from The Weinstein Company, which he wants to use in his defence against sexual assault charges in New York. The women have asked a judge to reject his request after alleging his lawyers told them he "intended to unleash these emails in the media to sway the court of public opinion". Scott Cousins, the civil lawyer representing Weinstein, accused the women of "doing all they can to prevent the truth from coming out". He added: "To claim sexual assault and then take such measures to prevent the truth from being heard speaks volumes of their motives." Weinstein is next due in court on 20 December. PARIS, December 4 -- Norwegian striker Ada Hegerberg said the introduction of a women's Ballon d'Or was a "big step forward" for the game, playing down suggestions her historic victory was overshadowed after being asked to perform a 'twerk' live on stage. The Lyon star -- whose prolific form in front of goal helped the French club secure a third successive Champions League victory -- edged out Danish forward Pernille Harder to claim the inaugural prize at a ceremony in Paris on Monday. But the 23-year-old was asked if she would perform a sexually provocative dance by French host DJ, Martin Solveig, and appeared embarrassed as she rejected the request. Hegerberg later said: "He came to see me after and apologised. The Ballon d'Or is the most important thing." "I am touched and very proud, for women's football, for myself, for the club. I share this with Olympique Lyonnais, my teammates, the staff," she beamed after joining men's winner Luka Modric and men's best young player Kylian Mbappe on the stage with her trophy. "It's historic, it's incredible, a great day for women's football and a big step forward." Hegerberg, one of seven players from the all-conquering Lyon side to feature among the 15 nominees, dismissed suggestions that the night was marred by the "twerk" request. "I didn't feel it was like that at all to be honest and I am sad if people thought about the situation like that." Hegerberg was Lyon's top scorer with 15 goals -- with one coming in the Champions League final in Kiev in May, as Lyon came from behind to beat VfL Wolfsburg 4-1 after extra time and retain the trophy. Harder had put the Germans in front in that game. Lyon also won the French title for the 12th season in succession, with Hegerberg top-scoring with 31 goals, and she continues to bang in the goals for her team who are top of the table again this season. Her goal-scoring exploits have led to comparisons with five-time Ballon d'Or winners Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and she felt that had made the difference for her compared to her Lyon colleagues. "I think the fact I scored 54 goals last season and 53 goals this year -- it's a lot of goals in one year," she said.
WASHINGTON, November 9 -- Prominent CNN personalities on Thursday accused White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders of posting an altered video to suggest CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta inappropriately made contact with a White House intern over control of a microphone.
Sanders posted a video Wednesday of Acosta maintaining his grip on a microphone as an intern tried to take it from him during a news conference with President Donald Trump. Sanders used the video as justification for the White House revoking Acosta's press access Wednesday evening — a move that was met with immediate and fierce condemnation from other journalists. On Thursday morning, CNN's Matt Dornic, vice president of communications and digital partnerships, and Brian Stelter, chief media correspondent, both claimed the video had altered speeds to make Acosta seem more aggressive and the intern more demure. "Absolutely shameful, @PressSec. You released a doctored video - actual fake news. History will not be kind to you," Dornic wrote, tagging Sanders' official Twitter handle. Dornic and Stelter suggested the video might have come from the far-right website InfoWars, which has been booted from mainstream social media sites for peddling inflammatory conspiracy theories. Sanders argued later Thursday that the point of releasing the video was to show Acosta made contact with the intern. She did not address whether the video was doctored or whether it came from InfoWars. "The question is: Did the reporter make contact or not?" Sanders told reporters Thursday. "The video is clear, he did. We stand by our statement." Paul Joseph Watson, an alt-right YouTuber with ties to InfoWars, had posted a similar video earlier Wednesday evening. Watson on Thursday denied speeding up the video to make the contact look more aggressive, saying he only zoomed in. He posted a screen shot of the video editing software he said he used, which he said proved the video was not doctored. Source: Politico CHIANG MAI, November 9 -- Police obtained a warrant Monday for the arrest of a university lecturer accused of taking upskirt videos of his students.
Jadet Techasai, a 30-year-old Thai-language professor at Chiang Mai University, was accused of using an iPad tablet to surreptitiously film videos after three unidentified students filed a complaint Friday at the Phu Ping Ratchaniwet Police Station. The students told police Jadet pressed button to begin recording from the front camera of his iPad and then left it faceup on the floor near his desk as students approached to sign in for attendance. Police said the students had suspected Jadet since August but only gathered evidence Thursday after snatching the tablet and handing it over to the university’s executive board. The board later gave the tablet with the footage to the police. Jadet faces charges of obscenity involving a minor over 15. If found guilty, he faces up to 10 years in prison and a 20,000-baht fine. Col. Teerapol Intaralip, deputy provincial police commander, said Jadet’s whereabouts are unknown. Authorities believe he fled to his hometown in Lampang province. |
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