Humza Yousaf has said disciplinary proceedings against a rebel SNP MSP who voted to sack a Government Minister are ongoing.
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A New York judge declined to toss out former Fox News executive Laura Luhn’s lawsuit against the network and its then-parent company over the settlement of her claims that ex-network head Roger Ailes abused her and tried to blackmail her.
Luhn is challenging an agreement she signed with the network, claiming that it was entered into under duress. The agreement was for her then salary of $250,000, to be paid annually until her retirement age, which was 12 years from the time it was signed.
The judge, Lyle Frank, rejected the company’s motion to dismiss. He wrote that he complaint “is replete with factual allegations regarding duress and her inability to report the alleged sexual abuse and misconduct while it was occurring. At this stage of the litigation, the duress that is alleged that occurred prior to the negotiation of the agreement between the parties is enough for this case not to be dismissed, when considering the evidence in the light most favorable to” Luhn.
The judge added, “The complaint alleges that the defendants controlled the plaintiff’s life. This, there is at this point, some question as to whether this control led to the plaintiff signing of the subject agreement. Only through discovery can it be shown as to whether the duress that plaintiff suffered through her alleged years of abuse impacted her entering into the subject agreement.”
Frank also declined to dismiss Bill Shine, the former co-president of Fox News, from the lawsuit
In her lawsuit in New York Supreme Court, Luhn claimed that Ailes, who died in 2017, used his position to trap her in a “decades-long cycle of sexual abuse.”
“To ensure her compliance and public silence, Ailes photographed and videotaped Luhn in compromising
Humza Yousaf has said disciplinary proceedings against a rebel SNP MSP who voted to sack a Government Minister are ongoing.
Canada’s new warning to its LGBTQ people is a “political” attack on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and not an “actual concern,” several Fox News hosts on Thursday delivered caustic commentary against the Canadian government and U.S. cities including LGBTQ-friendly San Francisco and New York.“Well, they’re talking about Florida, right? They’re aiming this at Ron DeSantis, and the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, which is one of the most ridiculous interpretations of that bill that I’ve ever seen,” declared Fox News guest host Michele Tafoya, the former NBC Sports reporter who kicked off her political career with a “controversial stand on race relations.”After mentioning that the NAACP had issued a travel warning for LGBTQ people thinking of visiting Florida, Tafoya insisted, “this is all very much, this is very political, and it’s misdirected.”READ MORE: Governor Smacks Down GOP Lawmaker and Trump for ‘End Run’ Attempt to Derail Fani Willis’ RICO Prosecution“I think they need to be a little more concerned about countries in the Middle East who throw LGBTQ types off buildings and disrupt weddings and don’t even allow us to think about it,” she continued.
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The singer-songwriter responsible for the unexpected summer hit Rich Men North Of Richmond released a video statement on Friday that lamented the way that it has been “weaponized” by political figures, including the way that GOP candidates addressed it at Wednesday night’s presidential debate.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The Republicans don’t need Donald Trump to get people to pay attention to their causes. Approximately 12.8 million viewers tuned in Wednesday night to see a telecast of the first Republican primary debate in the race for the 2024 presidential election, according to data from Nielsen, with 11.1 million viewers watching the event on Fox News Channel and another 1.7 million viewing it on sister outlet Fox Business Network. Eight candidates took part.
Fox News drew more than 12.8 million viewers in its coverage of the first 2024 Republican presidential debate.
Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic Wednesday night’s Republican debate on Fox News — the first of the 2024 election cycle — ended up, perhaps predictably, feeling like the undercard. After all, it isn’t just that the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump, wasn’t on the stage, by his own choice.
Tyson and Tommy Fury’s dad once gouged out a man’s eye after a 12 year feud over a bottle of beer. John Fury, 59, also a former professional heavyweight boxer, was sentenced to 11 years in jail in February 2011 for the “cold-blooded” attack at a car auction. He was eventually released in February 2015 – four years into the jail term – and later said: “He's lost an eye and I've lost five years of my life.” John was back in the news this week after flipping over a table during a press conference with Tommy, who is set to come out of boxing retirement to fight YouTuber KSI.
EXCLUSIVE: Akiva Goldsman won an Oscar for A Beautiful Mind, his screenplay detoured from Sylvia Nasar’s biography to the story of her genius mathematician husband John Nash. Depicted deciphering Soviet-planted hidden media messages for the Defense Department, the duty turned out to be a symptom of schizophrenia. That was a mild foray into the human mind compared to The Crowded Room, the 10-part Apple TV+ series Goldsman created and was showrunner on. Tom Holland stars as a young man whose erratic behavior was the result of a false reality triggered by a mind that fractured into multiple alter egos. Inspired by the Daniel Keyes book The Minds of Billy Milligan, Goldsman changed facts to create a fictionalized story that would be hard to believe had it not happened. What Goldsman hasn’t discussed until now is how much of the narrative was informed by his own memories of being molested as a child by a family friend, through his formative childhood and teenage years. There is truth among fiction that has sparked strong reactions from fellow trauma sufferers. Buckle up.
Fox News is hosting the first Republican presidential debate but the party’s front-runner Donald Trump will not be in attendance.
Michael Jackson sexually abused them when they were children can resume their lawsuits, a court of appeals has ruled.Wade Robson and James Safechuck – who featured in the two-part 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland – alleged that Jackson groomed and sexually abused them in the 1990sA California appeals court said Friday (August 18) that the case should not have been dismissed to a lower court, and they can now pursue lawsuits against companies owned by the late singer, according to Associated Press.It’s the second time that the lawsuits, brought by Robson and Safechuck in 2013 and 2014, respectively, have been brought back after dismissal.The judge who dismissed the suits in 2021 found that MJJ Productions Inc. and MJJ Ventures Inc.
Donald Trump has yet to announce definitively whether he will participate in the first Republican debate next week, something that likely would make the difference between blockbuster ratings for Fox News if he does and very different dynamics if he does not.
A gang of men who plied young girls with alcohol and drugs before sexually abusing them have been found guilty of a series of crimes. Eight men had gone on trial accused of a catalogue of offences alleged to have occurred in Rochdale.
Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis have scored a win in their ongoing legal battle against their former nanny, who filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against them earlier this year.
Beyoncé is showing her love for Lizzo despite the controversy.
Sydney Sweeney is standing by "Euphoria" creator Sam Levinson’s controversial shows despite receiving backlash from critics. The 25-year-old Hollywood actress made it clear that Levinson never made the cast feel uncomfortable and added that the hit HBO show helped her find her power. "You have me, you have Z[endaya], you have all of these very strongminded, independent women.
who died of an accidental drug overdose on July 2. He was 19. Drena, the daughter of Robert De Niro, took to Instagram on Wednesday with a message about Leandro and how she would like him to be remembered.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host who was ousted by the network this spring, took aim at colleagues of his former employer for not stepping up to defend the free-speech rights of Alex Jones. On the latest episode of his show on X (formerly Twitter), Carlson hosted Tristan Tate, who along with his brother Andrew Tate was arrested in March 2023 by Romanian authorities.
Jamie Foxx has apologised to the Jewish community after being accused of anti-Semitism.The actor had courted controversy after cryptically posting, “They killed this dude name Jesus… what do you think they’ll do to you?”, adding the hashtags #fakefriends and #fakelove.The post was criticised by numerous Jewish publications, including A Wider Frame and The Times of Israel, who explained that they believed Foxx was referencing to the ‘Jewish deicide’, an anti-Semitic conspiracy that the Jews killed Jesus.Foxx has now deleted the post and issued an apology to the Jewish community and “everyone who was offended by my post”.“I now know my choice of words have caused offense and I’m sorry,” he wrote. “That was never my intent.