Remote-Working Sexual Harassment Exacerbated Since Spring Lockdown, Poll Finds

THE INDEPENDENT

A quarter of women suffering sexual harassment while working from home say the misconduct was exacerbated after the government announced a lockdown in March and more time was spent online working remotely, new data shows.

Online sexual harassment has surged as the pandemic forced people to work from home – with perpetrators finding new ways to abuse their victims via technology. read more »

Boy Scouts Challenged for Declaring $667 Million Off-Limits to Victims

WALL STREET JOURNAL

The official committee of sex-abuse victims has challenged the Boy Scouts of America over claims that Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico and other valuable assets on the organization’s balance sheet can’t be used to pay settlements to trauma survivors.

In court papers Friday, lawyers representing those men said the Boy Scouts are wrongly holding back $667 million in cash, investments and properties from a court-supervised bankruptcy process. read more »

Ghislaine Maxwell Might Make New Bid for Bail, Lawyers Say

NEW YORK POST

Jeffrey Epstein cohort Ghislaine Maxwell is mulling a third bid for bail with “even more stringent and restrictive” conditions – after a federal judge rejected her $28.5 million bail package last month, new court papers revealed.

In a letter to US District Judge Alison Nathan, defense lawyer Christian Everdell asked for a 30-day extension to appeal the latest bail decision to “give Ms. Maxwell the opportunity to research whether and to what extent these additional conditions are legally and practicably available.” Prosecutors have objected to the extension, the filing says. read more »