EY faces mounting staff backlash over sexual harassment case November 18, 2021 EY has come under fire from its own workforce for allowing a partner to retain his job after sexually harassing a junior female colleague on a company ski trip, according to reports. The accounting giant told staff it would do more to tackle inappropriate behaviour, following the case of Neil Hutt, a transactions partner who [...]
Vice fashion editor suspended after sexual misconduct claims November 11, 2021 An editor at one of the UK’s biggest fashion magazines has been suspended after more than a dozen women accused him of sending sexually inappropriate messages.
Judge dismisses lawyer’s harassment claim warning against ‘a culture of hyper-sensitivity’ August 3, 2021 A lawyer, who claimed she was unfairly dismissed from her £100,000-a-year job after being sexually harassed, has lost her case after a judge warned against “encouraging a culture of hyper-sensitivity”. Nirosha Sithirapathy, who worked as legal counsel at pharmaceutical research company PSI CRO UK, claimed that she was discriminated against because of her age and [...]
Airbnb paid tourist $7m after rape at New York rental June 16, 2021 Airbnb paid an Australian tourist $7m (£5m) after she was allegedly raped at knifepoint at a rental in central New York, according to media reports. The woman received the payout after the attack took place during a visit with friends to celebrate New Year’s Eve in 2015, Bloomberg reports. The suspect had reportedly made a [...]
French actor Gerard Depardieu charged with rape: AFP February 23, 2021 French actor Gerard Depardieu is under Judicial supervision after being charged with rape in December 2020
FCA bans three financial advisers for sex crime convictions November 5, 2020 Three former financial advisers have been banned from working in the financial services industry following sexual assault and other non-financial convictions. Russell Jameson, Mark Horsey and Frank Cochran were each convinced of crimes of a sexual nature in 2018. City regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has now banned them from working in financial services. [...]
Explosive Ghislaine Maxwell documents set to be released today October 22, 2020 Documents that Ghislaine Maxwell fought to keep secret relating to her relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are set to be released today after the British socialite lost a court appeal. Maxwell has denied all charges of playing a role in the “sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls” under Epstein’s watch. She [...]
Church of England ‘failed to protect children from sexual predators’, report finds October 6, 2020 The Church of England failed to protect children and young people from sexual predators within their ranks, according to an inquiry report published today. Almost 400 clergy members or people in positions of trust associated with the Church were convicted of sexual offences against children from the 1940s to 2018, a much-anticipated Independent Inquiry into [...]