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FILE - John Bailey arrives at the 90th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton hotel on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. John Bailey, a cinematographer who led the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences during the initial #MeToo reckoning, died Friday, Nov. 10, 2023 at 81.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

John Bailey, who presided over the film academy during the initial #MeToo reckoning, dies at 81

Former film academy president John Bailey has died at 81. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said the cinematographer died Friday, including a statement from his wife, Carol Littleton.
 
In this photo released by #FreeXueBing, Chinese journalist Huang Xueqin holds up a #METOO sign for a photo in Singapore in September 2017. A pretrial hearing was held Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, for the Chinese journalist active in the MeToo movement and the labor rights activist who had been detained with her, their supporters said. The hearing comes two years to the day after they disappeared into China's legal system. (#FreeXueBing via AP)

A Chinese #MeToo journalist and an activist spent 2 years in detention. Their trial starts this week

 
FILE - In this image made from video provided by the Democratic Progressive Party, Hsu Li-ming, Secretary general of Democratic Progressive Party, second left, leads other members to bow at a news conference offering apology to victims who say they were sexually harassed and the public in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 2, 2023. Taiwan amended three laws governing sexual harassment on Monday, July 31 in a special session of the legislature, after a wave of #MeToo accusations hit the island in June. (Democratic Progressive Party via AP, File)

Taiwan amends laws on sexual harassment after recent #MeToo wave

 
Actor Kevin Spacey addresses the media outside Southwark Crown Court in London, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. A Jury cleared Kevin Spacey of nine sex offences. The Hollywood star, 64, had been on trial at Southwark Crown Court accused of sexually assaulting four men in the period between 2001 and 2013. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

UK jury acquits Kevin Spacey of sexual assault charges based on allegations by 4 men over 20 years

 
FILE - Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 4 2022. A Los Angeles judge is scheduled to sentence the former movie mogul on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, to up to 18 years in prison after he was convicted in December of raping and sexually assaulting an Italian model and actor during a 2013 film festival. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Harvey Weinstein gets 16 more years for rape, sexual assault

 

For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing

It took eight years and the #MeToo movement to spur Sam Schultz to tell police they were sexually assaulted by an opera star and his husband. It took five more years for the attackers to plead guilty. Schultz is saddled with worries from other gay men that talking about sexual abuse in their community will hurt the fight for LBGTQ+ rights. (Dec. 1) (AP Video: David R. Martin)
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Libel lawsuit over ‘media men’ list settled out of court

An author-editor’s libel lawsuit over allegations that he had committed sexual assault, widely cited as a prime example of backlash against the #MeToo movement, has been settled out of court.
 
FILE - Edgar Ramirez wear's a Time's Up pin arrives at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Five years after making its public debut, the #MeToo-era's Time's Up organization is ceasing operations and shifting funds to its legal defense fund, according to the group’s board chair in an interview with The Associated Press, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Time’s Up to halt operations, shift resources to legal fund

Five years after it made a splashy public debut, the #MeToo-era organization Time’s Up is ceasing operations — at least in its current form.
 
FILE - Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 4 2022. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Weinstein asks NY high court to reverse 2020 rape conviction

Harvey Weinstein is asking New York’s highest court to overturn his 2020 rape conviction, arguing that the judge betrayed his right to a fair trial by “succumbing to the pressure” of the #MeToo movement.
 
FILE - Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse as jury deliberations continue in his rape trial in New York, on Feb. 24, 2020. On Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, Weinstein was found guilty of rape at a Los Angeles trial in another #MeToo moment of reckoning, five years after he became a magnet for the movement. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape in Los Angeles trial

Jurors in Los Angeles have found Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape at his second sexual misconduct trial.
 
FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference on Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. A woman who accused a former top adviser to James of unwanted kissing filed a lawsuit Tuesday, Dec. 13, alleging the Democrat and her office ignored previous warnings about his behavior. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

NY attorney general sued after former adviser’s #MeToo exit

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who accused a former top adviser to New York Attorney General Letitia James of unwanted kissing filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging the Democrat and her office ignored previous warnings about his behavior.
 
FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2014, file photo, James Toback arrives at the 2014 AFI Fest "The Gambler" in Los Angeles Mo More than three dozen women have filed a lawsuit in New York against writer and director James Toback, accusing him of sexual abuse. The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, comes after New York state last month instituted a one-year window for people to file lawsuits over sexual assault claims even if they took place decades ago, waiving statutes of limitations. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

38 women accuse James Toback of sexual misconduct in lawsuit

More than three dozen women have filed a lawsuit in New York against writer and director James Toback, accusing him of sexual abuse.
 
FILE - Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 4 2022. Weinstein’s defense team has rested its case and closing arguments will soon begin at the Los Angeles trial of the former movie magnate. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP, File)

‘Regret is not rape,’ Weinstein lawyer says in closing

An attorney for Harvey Weinstein at his Los Angeles sexual assault trial told jurors that the prosecution’s case relies entirely on asking them to trust accusers who have proved they were untrustworthy.
 
Screenwriter and film director Paul Haggis, center, speaks to a reporter after leaving court after being found guilty in a sexual assault civil lawsuit, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Jury orders Filmmaker Paul Haggis to pay $7.5M in rape suit

A jury has ordered Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis to pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused him of rape.
 
Helene Devynck speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022 in Paris. Author Helene Devynck is among dozens of women who have spoken out recently to accuse France's most famous TV presenter, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, of rape, sexual abuse or harassment occurring from 1981 to 2018. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

French TV star scrutinized in book about sex abuse, #MeToo

Author Hélène Devynck is among dozens of women who have spoken out recently to accuse France’s most famous TV presenter of rape, sexual abuse or harassment that occurred between 1981 and 2018.
 
Video journalists and photographers are reflected in the glass as they cover the arrival of actor Kevin Spacey for a civil case at a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan in New York on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

GLIMPSES: 2 #MeToo lawsuits at trial, side by side in NYC

Photographers and videographers hovered outside in the walkway between two large old courthouses in lower Manhattan.
 
Film director Paul Haggis exits the courtroom for a lunch break, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in New York. Jurors are getting their first look at a lawsuit that pits Oscar-winning moviemaker Haggis against a publicist who alleges that he raped her. He says their 2013 encounter was consensual. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

In a #MeToo moment, Hollywood figures face season of trials

The #MeToo movement is having another moment in the spotlight, with a slate of high-profile sexual assault trials playing out in courtrooms from coast to coast.
 
Canadian-born film director Paul Haggis, left, and his defense lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, right, arrive at New York Supreme Court for his sexual assault case, Monday, Oct 17, 2022 in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Suit over rape claim against filmmaker Haggis heads to trial

Opening statements are expected Wednesday in a civil case brought by a publicist who accused Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis of raping her almost a decade ago.
 
FILE - Actress Louisette Geiss speaks at a news conference by the "Silence Breakers," a group of women who have spoken out about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct, at Los Angeles City Hall, on Feb. 25, 2020, in Los Angeles. Geiss, a former actress and screenwriter who accused Weinstein in 2017, has written a musical stemming from her experiences with Weinstein. “The Right Girl,” which was waylaid by the pandemic but will be produced live onstage sometime in 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

5 years on, key #MeToo voices take stock of the movement

Once again, disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein sits in a courtroom, on trial in Los Angeles while the reckoning the accusations against him launched marks a significant milestone this month.
 
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. sits in Manhattan Criminal Court for his sexual misconduct case, Thursday, Oct 13, 2022, in New York. Gooding resolved his New York City forcible touching case Thursday with a guilty plea to a lesser charge and no jail time after complying with the terms of a conditional plea agreement reached in April. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Gooding Jr. avoids jail in touching case, angering accusers

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has resolved his New York City forcible touching case with a guilty plea to a lesser charge and no jail time after complying with the terms of a conditional plea agreement reached in April.
 
Actor Kevin Spacey leaves court following the day's proceedings in a civil trial, Thursday, Oct 6, 2022, in New York, accusing him of sexually abusing a 14-year-old actor in the 1980s when he was 26. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

EXPLAINER: A look at the Kevin Spacey-Anthony Rapp trial

The second week of Kevin Spacey’s federal trial starts Tuesday in a #MeToo-era case against the actor in New York — but no criminal charges are involved.
 
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 4 2022. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP)

Harvey Weinstein goes on trial in LA, where he once reigned

Five years after women’s stories about him made the #MeToo movement explode, Harvey Weinstein is going on trial in Los Angeles, where he once was king of the Oscars.
 
FILE - Dresses donated by sexual assault survivors from Amish and other plain-dressing religious groups hang on a clothesline beneath a description of each survivors' age and church affiliation, on Friday, April 29, 2022, in Leola, Pa. The exhibit's purpose was to show that sexual assault is a reality among children and adults in such groups. Similar exhibits held nationwide aim to shatter the myth that abuse is caused by a victim's clothing choice. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)

#ChurchToo revelations growing, years after movement began

Recent weeks have seen an especially intense set of revelations about sexual assault and misconduct in U.S. churches.
 
FILE - Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse as jury deliberations continue in his rape trial in New York, on Feb. 24, 2020. A New York appellate court on Thursday, June 2, 2022, has upheld Weinstein's rape conviction, rejecting the disgraced movie mogul's claims that the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced him by allowing women to testify about allegations that weren't part of the criminal case. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction upheld by appeals court

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is praising an appeals court’s ruling that upholds Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction and 23-year prison sentence.
 
This image released by IFC Films shows Maika Monroe in a scene from "Watcher." (IFC Films via AP)

Review: In ‘Watcher,’ ‘Rear Window’ meets #MeToo

Films like “It Follows” and “The Guest” have already made Maika Monroe something of a modern scream-queen with a feminist bent.
 
This combination of 2017-2020 photos shows, from left, Dr. Larry Nassar, Mario Batali, and Harvey Weinstein. Legal experts and victims’ advocates say celebrity chef Batali’s acquittal on sexual assault charges underscores the inherent difficulties of prosecuting such cases nearly five years into the #MeToo era. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, John Minchillo; David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via AP)

Mario Batali acquittal underscores perils of #MeToo cases

Legal experts and victims’ advocates say celebrity chef Mario Batali’s acquittal on sexual assault charges underscores the inherent difficulties of prosecuting such cases nearly five years into the #MeToo era.
 
Celebrity chef Mario Batali reacts after being found not guilty of indecent assault and battery at Boston Municipal Court on the second day of his trial, on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 in Boston. Batali, who pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery in 2019, had faced up to 2 1/2 years in jail and would’ve been required to register as a sex offender if convicted. (Stuart Cahill/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

Celebrity chef Mario Batali acquitted of sexual misconduct

Celebrity chef Mario Batali has been cleared of sexual misconduct following a criminal trial in Boston.
 

Dutch open sexual misconduct probe at ‘The Voice of Holland’

The Dutch public prosecutor’s office has opened a criminal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct at the “The Voice of Holland” talent show.
 
FILE - Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda poses for portraits during the Rome Film Fest in Rome on Oct. 18, 2019. A #MeToo crisis is raging in the Japanese film industry. A petition signed by top names, including Cannes’ Palme d’Or-winning Kore-eda, Cannes Jury Prize winner Koji Fukada and “Under the Sky” director Miwa Nishikawa, expresses outrage over sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)

Famed directors denounce sexual abuse in Japanese filmmaking

A #MeToo crisis is raging in the Japanese film industry. A petition expressing outrage over sexual abuse has been signed by dozens of filmmakers and follow recent reports about abuse allegations in the industry.
 
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson, center, celebrates with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., after Congress gave final approval to legislation guaranteeing that people who experience sexual harassment at work can seek recourse in the courts, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Since her 2016 sexual harassment lawsuit against then Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, Carlson has worked to ban non-disclosure agreements and forced arbitration clauses in employment agreements to prevent victims of sexual harassment from being silenced. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress approves sex harassment bill in #MeToo milestone

Congress has given final approval to legislation guaranteeing that people who experience sexual harassment at work can seek recourse in the courts.
 
FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2021, photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. House has passed legislation barring contracts that force people to settle sexual assault or harassment cases through arbitration rather than in court, a process that often benefits employers and keeps misconduct allegations from becoming public. Gillibrand, who pushed the legislation and has been vocal in the Senate about curbing sexual harassment and assault, said the measure is long overdue, having first been introduced in 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)

Congress moves to end forced arbitration for sex misconduct

The U.S. House has passed legislation barring contracts that force people to settle sexual assault or harassment cases through arbitration rather than in court, a process that often benefits employers and keeps misconduct allegations from becoming public.
 
FILE - China's Peng Shuai serves to Japan's Nao Hibino during their first round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 21, 2020. The controversy surrounding Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s accusations of sexual assault against a former top politician continues to cast a shadow of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games that officially begin on Friday, Feb. 4. 2022. Peng disappeared from public view in November, 2021, after accusing former Communist Party official Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)

EXPLAINER: Peng Shuai case shows barriers Chinese women face

The controversy surrounding Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s accusations of sexual assault against a former top politician continues to cast a shadow over the Beijing Winter Olympic Games that officially begin on Friday.
 
Hundreds of people protested in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, in a #MeToo demonstration sparked by allegations of sexual improprieties linked to a popular Dutch TV talent show. The demonstration on Amsterdam's Museumplein square was organized following reports of inappropriate sexual behavior, ranging from WhatsApp messages to an allegation of rape, linked to "The Voice of Holland." (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

#MeToo protest in Amsterdam after allegations at TV show

Hundreds of people have protested in Amsterdam in a #MeToo demonstration sparked by allegations of sexual impropriety linked to a popular Dutch TV talent show.
 

“The Voice of Holland” talent show hit by #MeToo scandal

Dutch talent show “The Voice of Holland” has been taken off air in the Netherlands amid a sexual misconduct scandal.
 
A woman wearing a face mask run past the offices of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba in Beijing on Dec. 13, 2021. A former employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says human resources and upper management wouldn’t deal with her accusation of sexual assault. So she went into the busy cafeteria at the headquarters of the Chinese e-commerce giant and screamed out her plight. Now she is paying the price. The company fired her. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s #MeToo victims face abuse, payback for going public

A former employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says human resources and upper management wouldn’t deal with her accusation of sexual assault.
 
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai reacts during her women's singles match at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing on Oct. 5, 2016. When Peng disappeared from public view this month after accusing a senior Chinese politician of sexual assault, it caused an international uproar. But back in China, Peng is just one of several people, activists and accusers alike, who have been hustled out of view, charged with crimes or trolled and silenced online for speaking out about the harassment, violence and discrimination women face every day. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

It’s not just Peng. China is cracking down on MeToo movement

When tennis star Peng Shuai disappeared from public view this month after accusing a senior Chinese politician of sexual assault, it caused an international uproar.
 
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