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French prosecutors said Monday they are opening an investigation into ex-president Valery Giscard d’Estaing over allegations by a German journalist that he sexually assaulted her after an interview in 2018. The investigation follows claims by reporter Ann-Kathrin Stracke that Giscard d’Estaing, 94, repeatedly touched her behind in his Paris office, …

US Democratic candidate Joe Biden has flatly denied sexually assaulting a former staff assistant, Tara Reade, nearly 30 years ago. “I’m saying unequivocally: it never, never happened,” he said of the allegations during a TV interview on Friday. He asked for a search of the Senate archives for any record …

The woman who started France’s campaign to encourage other women to expose their sexual harassers has been found guilty of defamation by a Paris court. Sandra Muller, who created the “#balancetonporc” (“rat on your pig”) hashtag in 2017, has been ordered to pay damages to ex-TV boss Éric Brion. The …

The world’s largest survey of sexual harassment in the legal profession has found one in three women said they had suffered abuse from their bosses and colleagues. The report published on Wednesday by the London-based International Bar Association (IBA) also found that 75 percent of victims who reported abuse in …

Three more women have accused former US Vice President Joe Biden of inappropriate touching, as the potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate scrambles to contain a quickly growing crisis. The additional allegations were reported by The Washington Post on Thursday, bringing the total number of women who have brought forward complaints …

Bitter Wheat, which is billed as a play about a “depraved Hollywood mogul”, will have its world premiere in London’s West End. John Malkovich is to star in a new play about a “depraved Hollywood mogul” inspired by the scandal surrounding disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein. Bitter Wheat, the actor’s first …