NOTE: This article contains sexually explicit language and disturbing content. Read at your own discretion. A New York jury has ordered writer and director James Toback to pay US$1.68 billion in damages to 40 women who accused him of sexual abuse and other crimes over a span of 35 years, according to lawyers representing the … Read more
Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Director James Toback has been ordered to pay $1.68 billion after 40 women testified against him in a week-long sexual assault trial. He was one of the first people to be specifically called out during the #MeToo movement in 2017, with stars like Julianne Moore and Ellen Pompeo accusing him … Read more
Director James Toback, who was among the first to be singled out in the #MeToo scandal in 2017, was ordered on Wednesday to pay $1.68 billion after a sexual assault trial in New York. Toback, 80, was accused of abusing his power in the film industry to sexually assault women across four decades. 40 women … Read more