Alongside his horrific slew of rape charges, Bill Cosby has also faced with numerous cases of defamation from the women he’s assaulted and attempted to paint as liars. Unfortunately, a court just ruled in his favor against the defamation charges coming from one of his victims and Picture’s Pages co-star, Renita Chaney Hill. Hill filed […]
A fifth woman has come forward alleging that she was assaulted by James Deen twice during two separate porn shoot. Adult film actress Kora Peters shared her story first on Twitter and then in a more detailed testimonial with Porn Valley Media. She says that on two different occasions, Deen anally assaulted her, the first being when she was […]
Is Hollywood enabling the sexual abuse of child stars? According to at least one former child star, the answer is yes. In a (paywalled) interview with the Sunday Times, Elijah Wood claims that organized child abuse is common practice in the film industry, and that it is covered up by powerful industry figures. Best known for playing Frodo in Peter Jackson’s Lord […]
At age 37, while working as an incest writer and researcher, Meredith Maran accused her father of molesting her. Based on a combination of “symptoms” like depression and guilt and disturbing incest dreams, the accusation would ignite an estrangement that kept her children from spending time with their grandfather for the next eight years. Ten […]
UPDATE, 7/14/14: Conor Oberst’s accuser, Joanie Faircloth, released a statement today admitting her accusations were “100 percent false.” The recent rape allegations against Conor Oberst of the band Bright Eyes hit really, uncomfortably close to home for me. In the past few weeks, it’s come to light that an anonymous xoJane commenter confessed in a comment […]
“Well, everyone knew [Joan’s husband] had to go at some point, right? I mean, you can’t rape your wife in the office and not expect to go away. … It was the first time it was mentioned and I think it was a long time coming, for the audience in particular. I think everyone kept thinking […]
If you thought Brock Turner and his father were terrible excuses for the male species, a father and son allegedly sexually assaulted a women together at Illinois State University’s two-day orientation July 19. You might need to take a minute to scream into your pillow and think about how nasty some people really are. Shawn Childs Sr., the father, […]
In an appearance on the “Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend” podcast, Richard Pryor’s widow, Jennifer Lee Pryor, took a moment to address the Bill Cosby rape scandal. She did not hold back or mince words in any fashion, and it’s pretty damned awesome. “On that note, I’d like to address the whole Bill […]
On Saturday, Bree Olson –a former porn star perhaps best known for being one of Charlie Sheen’s “goddesses” – spent just over an hour on Periscope telling viewers about her own disturbing experiences working James Deen. Olson was clear in her support of the now eight women who have accused Deen of sexual assault/rape in the last week, […]
