HOLLYWOOD: In 1984, Harvey Weinstein was 32 years old and making one of his first real feature films, on location outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was a comedy called Playing for Keeps, featuring a not-yet-famous Marisa Tomei, and the mood on set was anxious. Weinstein was foul-mouthed and domineering. He ...
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TORONTO: A Canadian man who was freed along with his family after five years in militant captivity in Afghanistan said his captors authorized the killing of one of his children and raped his wife. “The stupidity and the evil of the Haqqani network’s kidnapping of a pilgrim and his heavily ...
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NEW DELHI: India’s top court on Wednesday ruled that a man is committing rape if he engages in sexual intercourse with his wife who is aged between 15 and 18, a landmark decision that will affect millions of child brides. The legal age of consent is 18 years. The law regards even consensual sex ...
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STOCKHOLM: A feminist model from Sweden says she’s had rape threats after showing off her hairy legs in a promotional shoot. Arvida Byström, 26, was part of a campaign to advertise a new brand of trainers, see video below. The provocative model and artist revealed on Instagram she had received ...
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NEW DELHI: Bollywood producer Karim Morani has surrendered to police here in connection with a rape case hours after the Supreme Court dismissed his bail plea, authorities confirmed on Saturday. He surrendered at the Hayathnagar police station on the city’s outskirts around midnight, the police said. The ‘Chennai Express’ producer ...
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MUMBAI: A teenager in India who was allegedly raped by two school staff over a three-month period is in critical condition after being forced to have an abortion. Doctors told, she has suffered brain damage. Police have arrested the director of her school and a teacher in the northern state ...
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LAHORE: The much awaited poster of Shoaib Mansoor’s upcoming movie VERNA is out, centering Mahira Khan, establishing that the film is indeed based on a female protagonist. Khuda ke liye Bol #Verna… #shoaibmansoor A post shared by Mahira Khan (@mahirahkhan) on Sep 1, 2017 at 4:04am PDT Mahira is playing ...
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MUMBAI: Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s jail sentence made the citizens applaud the law. The Messenger of God fame self proclaimed Godman will be behind the bars for 20 years and this made the celebs happy too. The recent star who commented on Ram Rahim Singh’s jail ...
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ROHTAK, Haryana: Self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the rape of two women followers. The 50-year-old chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect wept as he was sentenced at a jail in Haryana’s Rohtak by Judge Jagdeep Singh, who flew ...
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PANCHKULA: Violent protests erupted in India on Friday, killing at least 32 people, after a court convicted a self-styled “godman” of raping two women, angering thousands of his supporters who said he was innocent, police and officials said. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the head of a social welfare and spiritual ...
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