Los Angeles County district attorney considers charging Harvey Weinstein as investigation expands

More than two years after the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills police departments launched sexual assault investigations into Harvey Weinstein, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has escalated its review into the disgraced filmmaker and is considering filing criminal charges again him, law enforcement sources said. read more »

Doctors aren't typically known for running afoul of the law.

When they do, it can sometimes make big headlines.

We took a look at some of the biggest legal cases brought against docs. Here are five of them from 2019:

George Tyndall, M.D.

After a yearlong police investigation, the ex-University of Southern California (USC) gynecologist was arrested in June and charged with the sexual assault of student patients. He has pleaded not guilty.

Tyndall, who resigned in 2017 after the university’s internal investigation into allegations from hundreds of women that the gynecologist sexually abused or harassed them while treating them at the university’s student health center, was arrested outside his home.read more »

FBI investigating British socialite and others who 'facilitated’ Epstein

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The FBI is investigating British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and several other people linked to U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, according to two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation. read more »

New state law requires companies to train employees on how to recognize, prevent sexual harassment

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Companies will be required to provide annual workplace training on how to recognize and prevent sexual harassment or face hefty fines under a new state law that takes effect Jan. 1.

The mandate is part of an omnibus bill called the Workplace Transparency Act, which Illinois lawmakers passed in response to the growing number of sexual misconduct allegations being made in a variety of industries. read more »

Soul-searching in opera world after tumultuous #MeToo year

STAR TRIBUNE

It was a tumultuous year in the opera world, a year in which sexual harassment allegations against superstar Placido Domingo prompted his disappearance from American stages and sparked deep soul-searching.

Opera performers are applauding new official efforts to create a workplace free of sexual misconduct, but say many in the industry remain fearful of speaking up about predators, particularly those in positions of power.

"The problem is so much bigger than Placido Domingo. It's the whole environment," said American soprano Lauren Flanigan, adding that in her decades-long career "almost every rehearsal I was ever in was sexualized — literally every rehearsal." read more »