Sex crimes

Harvey Weinstein Begs For Mercy As He Is Sentenced For Another Rape
24 Feb

Harvey Weinstein Begs For Mercy As He Is Sentenced For Another Rape

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Ex-film mogul Harvey Weinstein begged for leniency in a Los Angeles court moments before he was given an additional 16 years in prison for rape. He was convicted of attacking an actress in a hotel room during a film festival in the city in February 2013. “Please don’t sentence me to life in prison,” the disgraced Hollywood star told the court. “I don’t deserve it.” More than 80 people have made rape and misconduct claims about Weinstein dating back as far as the late 1970s. The 70-year-old is already serving a 23-year prison sentence for a separate conviction in New…
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R. Kelly: The History Of His Crimes And Allegations Against Him
23 Feb

R. Kelly: The History Of His Crimes And Allegations Against Him

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For more than two decades, chart-topping R&B singer R. Kelly had faced allegations of sexual abuse. The accounts went back to the start of his career in the 1990s, with many centring on the predatory pursuit of teenage girls. In 2022, he was jailed for 30 years after being found guilty of eight counts of sex trafficking and one of racketeering in a New York court. Months later, he was convicted of child sexual abuse in a second federal trial in Chicago. The singer – whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly – is also due to face sexual misconduct…
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