Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

philippe garrel: https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/300823/des-faveurs-sexuelles-contre-un-role-dans-un-film-plusieurs-femmes-incriminent-philippe-garrel?utm_source=global&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SharingApp&xtor=CS3-5

Shocking news, especially having seen his films.

danny masterson sentenced to ‘30 years to life’

Damn!

That's crazy

or not, I don't know the sentencing guidelines for those cases

Bye-bye, Sci-Ti!

wow that's a long sentence.

Masterson will serve two 15-year sentences consecutively, one for each charge. He must also register as a sex offender.

So not actually 30 years

Or wait - consecutive means one following the other, so yes - thirty years

That's nothing compared to how long Xenu was imprisoned for.

is he the first scientologist to be held accountable for anything? feels like it.

how do anti-carceral people feel about this sentence

yeah, he's got at least a trillion more years ahead of him, thirty years is a walk in the park

is he the first scientologist to be held accountable for anything?

L. Ron was constantly in trouble during his Navy career: "The following month, Hubbard unwittingly fired upon Mexican territory and was relieved of command..."

yeah but I mean since then. scientology has gone to great lengths to protect members over the past 35 - 40 years and they have had a cozy relationship with the police and DA in LA. Maybe that is starting to shift.

A friend of mine went to his first trial as moral support for his victims, she having been someone who had her own brush with Harvey W and now is advocating for others who have dealt with the same shit. She was pretty happy to hear about this.

I've heard good things about the Scientology Club at California Institution for Men, Chino... they're supposed to have a great Xmas party with pumpkin spice pruno

it's kind of insane to me that DM is married to bijou phillips, daughter of john phillips ...

john phillips was an incredibly bad person so she clearly didn't have a good model in what constitutes a decent human being

its strange to see consecutive sentencing or am i mistaken?

US judges generally can use their discretion in choosing between consecutive or concurrent sentences.

consecutive sentences are disallowed on ILX

I am in compliance as evidenced by this and my previous post

its strange to see consecutive sentencing or am i mistaken?

― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Thursday, September 7, 2023 6:08 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

The judge has some discretion, but it often depends on the relation of the crimes to each other. If it's the same events and victim generating multiple charges, that's more likely to be concurrent. If it's different events and victims, that's more likely to be consecutive.

30 years for rape for a rich white man is... eye opening to put it one way.

Fluke Skywalker killed himself after that arrest I mentioned earlier

https://local12.com/news/local/fluke-skywalker-dies-suicide-following-criminal-charges-cincinnati-john-stevens-child-porn-pornography-sexually-oriented-matter-minor-children-fundraising-charity-community-star-wars

Bijou Phillips has filed for divorce from Masterson
https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/19/bijou-phillips-danny-masterson-files-divorce-danny-masterson-30-year-rape-sentence/

It's probably pretty hard to make it work when you husband is in jail for being a convicted rapist. It's going to be a while until she is clear again, warm up the Campbell's Soup cans.

I guess no conjugal visits then

Or do rapists even get those?

Weird convo!

It's going to be a while until she is clear

She stood by him all through the trial... I wonder if "The Church" advised her to cut bait now that there's an actual conviction

Mars Volta’s Cedric’s wife was one of the victims. Have been following this story through his Instagram and “good” (weird way to put it) for his wife and him to have this kind of resolution.

Seems likely that 'The Church' is directly culpable in this kind of thing, or at least discouraging reporting to police

Oh for suuuuuuuuure

curious to see if 'the church' ultimately disavows him as insufficiently clear. probably depends on which stance costs them (more) money

I don't know WTF is up with Mcgowan but her brain appeared to break after Weinstein and she got hypercritical of #metoo accusers despite being one herself.

my suspicion is she felt betrayed by those in Hollywood who were dismissing her and not believing her, writing her off as crazy, the media trying to dig up dirt on her before the dam broke on HW, and it kinda fucked her up. why she is now saying things about other accusers is weird though. she's just doing the same thing others did to her.

My guess as well. During the height of the pandemic she was lashing out at a lot of people for different reasons, but it was all unhinged nonsense. She's really in need of help and I hope she gets it and it works, but otherwise it's probably best to ignore her.

https://www.avclub.com/julia-ormond-sues-disney-miramax-and-caa-in-harvey-we-1850901339

Ormond says that, in the aftermath, she informed her agents, Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane (who now serve as co-chairmen of CAA), about what had happened; she says the pair “cautioned her from speaking out and did not protect her.”

Ormond is suing CAA for negligence and breach of fiduciary conduct, and the formerly Weinstein-run Miramax (and its owners at Disney) for negligent supervision, with her lawyers writing in the suit that “The men at CAA who represented Ormond knew about Weinstein. So too did Weinstein’s employers at Miramax and Disney. Brazenly, none of these prominent companies warned Ormond that Weinstein had a history of assaulting women because he was too important, too powerful, and made them too much money.”

Hope they get taken for everything

jonathan majors fired by marvel

Good

not surprised. his defence seemed to be 'she did it first' which, uh, does not fly, dude. guy's career is cooked now, I think. He was a good actor but the second this situation happened there was an onslaught of follow on reports that he'd been an abusive, smug asshole for years.

Vin Diesel Accused of Sexual Battery in Lawsuit by Former Assistant

Crazy Days and Nights’ Gossip Blogger Unmasked—by Furious Ex-Mistress
https://archive.ph/2024.02.07-174114/https://www.thedailybeast.com/crazy-days-and-nights-blogger-unmasked-as-john-nelsonby-ex-mistress-cassandra-crose

The anonymous author of the notorious Hollywood gossip blog Crazy Days and Nights inadvertently revealed his identity to a Florida court last year in the fallout of a messy extramarital affair that wouldn’t be out of place in one of his website’s famed “blind items.”

Crazy Days and Nights (often abbreviated as CDaN) is infamous for publishing sensational and inflammatory claims about unnamed celebrities with little regard for accuracy. In fact, the blog admits in a disclaimer that some material might be “products of the author’s imagination” and last year settled a defamation lawsuit with Diana Jenkins of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

But some items have their footing in reality. CDaN’s lead blogger, who uses the pseudonym “Enty Lawyer,” has been credited with beating major publications to the punch on several major stories—including Harvey Weinstein’s predations—and developed a certain mystique among the mainstream media, QAnon-style conspiracy theorists, and ordinary celeb-watchers.

Though a handful of profiles about Enty Lawyer have been published, they were written under agreements to keep his identity secret. But The Daily Beast has confirmed that the dirt-slinger behind Crazy Days and Nights is licensed California attorney John Robert Nelson, who in 2018 ran unsuccessfully for Congress as a progressive Democrat. It’s unclear whether he currently practices law or ever practiced entertainment law as his moniker suggests.

Nelson’s secret life came to light because of an affair he had with a Florida woman that has spawned dueling legal complaints and accusations of abusive behavior.

Not as monumental as Dril reveal

possibly the all time GOAT celeb gossip blogger for my money

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/drake-bell-sexual-assault-brian-peck-documentary-1235934302/

In 2003, Peck, 43 at the time, was arrested on 11 charges — including sodomy, lewd act upon a child 14 or 15 by a person 10 years older, and oral copulation by anesthesia or controlled substance — but the minor was not named until now.

“My name is Drake Bell and I came here today to tell my story,” Bell says during the documentary’s third episode, before detailing his close relationship with Peck, whom he met at the beginning of Season 2 of “The Amanda Show.”

At first, Bell’s father was his manager and became uncomfortable about how much time Peck was spending time with his son, so much so that he went to production and told them. “I go, ‘I don’t see anything abnormal but it just doesn’t — I don’t have a good feeling,'” he said. At the time, Joe Bell claims production told him that Peck is gay and said, “Maybe you’re just homophobic and you just don’t understand that he’s a touchy-feely guy.”

This sounds like a huge breaking story, what the fuck is "ID"?

Investigation Discovery, a true crime cable network.