Last week, U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet allowed actress Kadian Noble to pursue a sex trafficking lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein. The suit alleged that Weinstein lured Noble to a hotel room at the Cannes Film Festival and then sexually assaulted her, and argued that his misconduct violated the federal statute against sex trafficking.
Weinstein’s lawyers argued that the plaintiff was stretching the statute far beyond its intended purpose, which was to combat human smuggling and prostitution, and vowed to pursue an appeal. But in the meantime, Sweet’s ruling has opened the door for similar claims in U.S. courts about conduct on French soil.
On Monday, German actress Emma Loman sued Weinstein in federal court in Los Angeles, alleging that he raped her at the Le Majestic Hotel in Cannes in 2006. She claims Weinstein invited her to his suite for a business meeting. She alleges that he...
Weinstein’s lawyers argued that the plaintiff was stretching the statute far beyond its intended purpose, which was to combat human smuggling and prostitution, and vowed to pursue an appeal. But in the meantime, Sweet’s ruling has opened the door for similar claims in U.S. courts about conduct on French soil.
On Monday, German actress Emma Loman sued Weinstein in federal court in Los Angeles, alleging that he raped her at the Le Majestic Hotel in Cannes in 2006. She claims Weinstein invited her to his suite for a business meeting. She alleges that he...
- 8/21/2018
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Already looking at a potential life sentence in his criminal case in New York and new probes by the Los Angeles County District Attorney into sexual assault allegations on the West Coast, Harvey Weinstein now also faces the likelihood of a federal trial on sex trafficking claims.
“Plaintiff has plausibly alleged that Harvey Weinstein, knowingly and in interstate commerce, enticed and or recruited her knowing that means of force, fraud, or a combination of the two, would be employed to cause her to engage in a commercial sex act,” Judge Robert Sweet said in an opinion (read it here) published today that tossed out the much accused producer’s desire to get Kadian Noble’s suit dismissed.
While one Weinstein brother might have to step up to the legal consequences in suit from the British actress first filed in November last year, another will not: Sweet on Monday also granted...
“Plaintiff has plausibly alleged that Harvey Weinstein, knowingly and in interstate commerce, enticed and or recruited her knowing that means of force, fraud, or a combination of the two, would be employed to cause her to engage in a commercial sex act,” Judge Robert Sweet said in an opinion (read it here) published today that tossed out the much accused producer’s desire to get Kadian Noble’s suit dismissed.
While one Weinstein brother might have to step up to the legal consequences in suit from the British actress first filed in November last year, another will not: Sweet on Monday also granted...
- 8/14/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Plaintiff alleges 2014 Cannes encounter violates Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
A Us federal judge on Tuesday (August 14) paved the way for a sex trafficking case brought by British actor Kadian Noble against Harvey Weinstein to go ahead.
The 31-year-old sued the embattled and disgraced former Hollywood mogul last November, alleging that in 2014 he lured her to a Cannes hotel room, ostensibly to watch her film reel, and sexually assaulted her.
At the heart of Noble’s legal argument is the assertion that Weinstein offered her a role in a film around the time of the alleged incident. The actor’s legal...
A Us federal judge on Tuesday (August 14) paved the way for a sex trafficking case brought by British actor Kadian Noble against Harvey Weinstein to go ahead.
The 31-year-old sued the embattled and disgraced former Hollywood mogul last November, alleging that in 2014 he lured her to a Cannes hotel room, ostensibly to watch her film reel, and sexually assaulted her.
At the heart of Noble’s legal argument is the assertion that Weinstein offered her a role in a film around the time of the alleged incident. The actor’s legal...
- 8/14/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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