sexual misconduct

Five years after women’s stories about him made the #MeToo movement explode, Harvey Weinstein is going on trial in Los Angeles, where he once was king of the Oscars.

Massachusetts lawmakers are running out of time to move on a renewed push to ban nondisclosure agreements, which proponents of the legislation say can be used to silence victims of workplace misconduct with taxpayer dollars. State Sen. Diana DiZoglio has pushed the issue for nearly five years, leading the Massachusetts Senate in January 2019 to unanimously ban NDAs. The legally…

Celebrity chef Mario Batali was found not guilty by a Boston judge over an accusation of sexual misconduct from 2017. Watch the judge read his decision.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali was found not guilty Tuesday by a judge in his Boston sexual misconduct trial. Batali is charged with indecent assault and battery over a 2017 incident at a Back Bay restaurant. Boston Municipal Court Judge James Stanton found Batali not guilty, saying the complaining witness had “credibility issues” and found there was not enough evidence to...

A Massachusetts woman who accused Mario Batali of kissing and groping her while attempting to take a selfie at a Boston restaurant testified Monday that she felt confused and powerless to do anything to stop the celebrity chef.

City councilors in Everett, Massachusetts, met Monday night with two scandals hanging over their legislative body. One member of the Everett City Council is accused of inappropriately touching a colleague, and another allegedly sent racist imagery to city workers. Jimmy Tri Le appeared in Malden District Court last month and pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery charges. After…

The celebrity chef is accused of forcibly kissing and groping a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017 after inviting her to take a selfie together.

The Boston School Committee has voted to close Mission Hill K-8 School, acting on the recommendation of Superintendent Brenda Cassellius after an investigation found the school systematically failed to protect students from threats of sexual misconduct and abuse from other students for nearly a decade. The law firm Hinckley Allen, which Boston Public Schools commissioned for the investigation, conducted 65…

An investigation found Mission Hill K-8 School systematically failed to protect students from threats of sexual misconduct and abuse from other students for nearly a decade. The law firm Hinckley Allen, which Boston Public Schools commissioned for the investigation, conducted 65 interviews and collected over two million documents from October 2021 to March 2022. The investigation found sexual misconduct, bullying,…

Boston school officials are calling for an elementary and middle school in Mission Hill to close following allegations of sexual and physical misconduct among students. Superintendent Brenda Cassellius recommended the permanent closure of Mission Hill K-8 School in Jamaica Plain at the end of this academic year. Boston Public Schools said Wednesday that a report from law firm Hinckley Allen,…

Four years after being accused of sexual harassment and other misconduct by several of his former acting students, James Franco spoke about the allegations in a rare interview.

The largest fraternity at Boston University has been suspended amid student protests and allegations of sexual misconduct. The university’s Mu Psi Chapter of Kappa Sigma was suspended from official recognition by the school until further notice on Wednesday, The Boston Globe reports. John Battaglino, the school’s assistant dean of students and director of student activities, said all fraternity chapter members...