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New York (AFP) - Salman Rushdie, targeted for assassination since 1989 over his writing, had long wondered who would kill him. When he was stabbed almost fatally, his first thought was, "So it's you." The novelist has recounted his thoughts on his 2022 near death in a book, "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder," which is set for publication on Tuesday. In an excerpt from the book which he read for the CBS News show "60 Minutes," Rushdie described "the last thing my right eye would ever see" -- a man in black clothes "coming in hard and low" like a "squat missile." "I confess, I had so...
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New York (AFP) - A dozen victims of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sued the FBI on Wednesday, accusing the agency of failing to adequately investigate allegations against the accused sex offender. The twelve complainants, all anonymized in court documents as "Jane Does", claim that the United States' leading national law enforcement agency "failed to adequately investigate the abuse" and ignored Epstein's sexual interest in underage girls. "For over two decades, the Federal Bureau of Investigation permitted Jeffrey Epstein to sex traffic and sexually abuse scores of children and young wom...
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New York (AFP) - A woman who worked as a massage therapist for the Eagles rock band filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Harvey Weinstein and James Dolan, the executive behind Manhattan's famed Madison Square Garden, of sexual assault and trafficking. In the lawsuit, plaintiff Kellye Croft says Dolan -- the billionaire behind MSG as well as the professional Knicks basketball and Rangers hockey teams -- coerced her into an unwanted sexual relationship in 2013, before arranging an encounter with Weinstein, who is now a convicted rapist. Both Dolan and Weinstein deny the accusations. A decade ago Dol...
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Newton (United States) (AFP) - Donald Trump hit the campaign trail Saturday in the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating state of Iowa, vowing to win "for the third time" as Americans marked the anniversary of the deadly assault on the US Capitol by a mob of his supporters. Many watched in horror three years ago on January 6, 2021, as rioters -- egged on by the ex-president and fueled by his false claims of voter fraud -- stormed the seat of US democracy in a bid to halt the transfer of power. In a rambling, two-hour speech Saturday to supporters in Newton, Iowa, Trump did not delve into...
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New York (AFP) - A New York judge on Wednesday began to unseal the identities of people linked in court documents to Jeffrey Epstein, the US financier who killed himself in 2019 as he awaited trial for sex crimes. Notably included in the unsealed documents, which include almost 1,000 pages of depositions and statements, were former US presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, who have not been accused of any wrongdoing in the case. The list of around 150 people include a host of Epstein associates previously identified as John or Jane Does in a lawsuit brought against Epstein's former mistress...
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New York (AFP) - A New York judge began to unseal Wednesday the identities of people linked in court documents to Jeffrey Epstein, the US financier who killed himself in 2019 as he awaited trial for sex crimes. The initial tranche includes 40 previously undisclosed documents with almost 1,000 pages of depositions and statements, with the final library of documents expected to name prominent individuals. Those named will include a host of Epstein associates previously identified as John or Jane Does in a lawsuit brought against Epstein's former mistress, Ghislaine Maxwell. It carries no allegat...
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Washington (AFP) - Grammy-award-winning artist and US television star Paula Abdul has accused a producer on the singing contest show "American Idol" of sexual assault, according to a California lawsuit. Abdul, whose 1988 album "Forever Your Girl" was the most successful debut in history at the time, accused Nigel Lythgoe, a producer on "Idol" and a judge on "So You Think You Can Dance," of sexually assaulting her twice, the complaint filed Friday showed. Lythgoe, who is English, has denied the accusations, according to media reports. In the suit, the 61-year-old singer said she was harassed b...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Action star Vin Diesel has been accused of sexually assaulting his assistant in an Atlanta hotel room over a decade ago, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday. The suit is the latest claim to be lodged with courts in California, which has extended the length of time in which legal action can be taken in cases of alleged sexual crimes. Asta Jonasson said her first assignment after being hired by the "Fast and Furious" star's company was to travel to Atlanta in September 2010 during the filming of "Fast Five." There, she was tasked with helping Diesel leave a hotel in the ear...
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New York (AFP) - A fourth woman has publicly accused music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs of sexual assault, alleging he and others gang-raped her when she was 17, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The filing says Combs -- an artist and producer also known as Puff Daddy -- met the unnamed woman in 2003 after his associate Harve Pierre singled her out at a lounge in Detroit and convinced her to take a private jet to New York to meet the rapper. Prior to taking the flight, Pierre forced the then 17-year-old to perform oral sex on him before taking her across state lines to Combs' studio. There, ...
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New York (AFP) - New York Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a female coworker 30 years ago, as the state sees a flurry of lawsuits filed ahead of a statute of limitations deadline. The complaint against Adams, filed Wednesday, alleges "sexual assault, battery and employment discrimination on the basis of Plaintiff’s gender and sex, retaliation, hostile work environment and intentional infliction of emotional distress," according to court documents. The Democratic mayor "vigorously" denies the claim, his office said, arguing he does not know the plaintif...
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