Filmmaker James Toback has been accused of using “his reputation, power and influence in the entertainment industry” to “lure” women “into compromising situations where he falsely imprisoned, sexually abused, assaulted, and/or battered them,” according to a lawsuit filed in the New York Supreme Court on Monday, the Daily Beast reports. In 2017, amid growing allegations,…
The crypto exchange owned by the Winklevoss twins is trying to recoup $900 million from a cash-strapped crypto broker that has been gutted in the wake of the FTX collapse, according to a report. New York-based Gemini — which Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss started after settling their famous beef with ex-Harvard classmate Mark Zuckerberg over…
Internal documents released by Attorney General Letitia James’ office Monday night confirmed she knew about the sexual harassment allegations lobbed against a longtime top aide for more than a month before Election Day, but chose to keep it under lock-and-key before voters went to the polls. James and her office first learned that Chief of…
Idaho police Monday publicly cleared as suspects two men involved in a “stalker reference” that may have been made by slain University of Idaho student Kaylee Goncalves. The city of Moscow Police Department revealed that investigators identified an incident at a local business in mid-October “which may have been the stalker reference (Goncalves) made to…
Attorney Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing adult-film actress Stormy Daniels in her litigation against former President Donald Trump, was sentenced in Orange County Monday to 14 years in federal prison for tax and wire fraud. U.S. District Judge James V. Selna said Avenatti’s sentence will run consecutively — or on top of —…
Elon Musk declared that he is not ‘suicidal’ during another bizarre interview discussing potential retaliation for his ‘Twitter Files’ leaks. The Twitter CEO was quizzed on his personal safety during another Twitter Spaces appearance just 24 hours after released internal documents about the platform’s decision to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story. Tech guru Kim…
A blogger and exiled critic of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov was shot to death last week, according to a leading Chechen opposition group. Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a vocal critic of Kadyrov who had been living in asylum in Sweden, stopped posting to social media last week, sparking concerns for his well-being. “Unfortunately the rumors about his…
An Israeli rabbi will be charged for sexually assaulting Israeli students when he was principle in a Moscow school, the police said on Monday. Rabbi Eliyahu Israeli from Beit Shemesh was arrested and remanded to custody for five days. The alleged offenses occurred during 2012-2015 and came after some of his victims shared their experiences…
Germany issued an international arrest warrant for Shimon Hayut, who posed as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul to woo women online and con them out of millions of dollars. Hayut who introduced himself as a member of the Levayev family, is under suspicion of money laundering and crypto fraud. According to the German filing, Hayut…
Commodities trading firm Trafigura on Monday said it has entered into a $3 billion four-year loan to supply gas to German gas trader Sefe, formerly known as Gazprom Germania, and help Europe’s largest economy secure volumes long-term. “We are proud to be contributing to Europe’s energy security by supplying this significant volume of gas to…