In his former life as a Hollywood big shot, Harvey Weinstein knew the importance of a good supporting role. In his New York City trial, it’s the prosecution’s supporting witnesses who could be a big factor in whether he goes ...

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State lawmakers across the U.S. have reached a troubling milestone for allegations of sexual misconduct, even as they have taken significant steps to try to prevent and investigate such behavior. Recent complaints filed against Michigan state Sen. Peter Lucido mean ...

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Women sewing blue jeans for Levi’s, Wrangler, Lee and The Children’s Place faced sexual harassment and gender-based violence and some were coerced into having sex with supervisors to keep their jobs in African factories, labor rights groups say. In response ...

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St. Charles County paid nearly $370,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that the county’s elections director, Rich Chrismer, had harassed and retaliated against several current and former employees.

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A St. Louis jury Friday awarded a former city police officer $7.2 million in punitive damages and $300,000 in compensatory damages in her sexual harassment suit against the police department.

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An O’Fallon company is being sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a former employee who said she was fired for complaining about sexual harassment on the job. According to the lawsuit filed Sept. 29 in the ...

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A local woman is saying things aren’t just all fun and games at Chuck E. Cheese. Jennifer Sorbello has filed suit in St. Louis County Circuit Court against the restaurant alleging that its mascot “Chuck E. Cheese” sexually harassed her. Sorbello claims that the restaurant’s employee William Thigpen, who was dressed as the mascot, groped her while she was at Chuck E. Cheese’s South County location.

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A government employee fired within a few months of disclosing a supervisor’s alleged sexual harassment in response to her employer’s questions may pursue a retaliation claim under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, even though she never filed ...

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It's always nice to win a civil lawsuit. But the measures two women in Kansas City allegedly took to tip the balance in their favor are now the subject of a federal criminal investigation. In an affidavit released last week, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Kansas City said a reported attack and sexual assault on the women in November was concocted to force a larger settlement in a sexual harassment and gender discrimination lawsuit against their former employer. The women claimed they were assaulted in this garage in the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City.

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Lawyers for a man who sued the Missouri Athletic Club for Missouri Human Right Act violations are entitled to $22,000 in attorney fees – not the $170,000 they sought – because the plaintiff didn’t win on those claims, the Missouri ...

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